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An ace is a military aviator or airman credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft. The term ace originated in World War I when French newspapers described Adolphe Pègoud as l'as (French for ace) after he shot down five German aircraft.
 
    Name Score
691 England Green, William Edward 9
692 France Gros, Louis Prosper 9
693 England Hackwill, George Henry 9
694 England Hardman, James Donald Innes 9
695 Germany Huffzky, Friedrich 9
696 England Hunt, Frederick John 9
697 Austro-Hungarian Empire Jindra, Otto 9
698 England Johns, Reginald Leach 9
699 England Jones, Norman Cyril 9
700 Austro-Hungarian Empire Kenzian, Georg 9
701 Canada Kerby, Harold Spencer 9
702 England King, Leslie Walter 9
703 Wales Kitto, Francis Mansel 9
704 Germany Knappe, Herbert Wilhelm Franz 9
705 Germany Koepsch, Egon 9
 
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