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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
706 Germany Kosmahl, Fritz Gustav August 9
707 Germany Kypke, Walter 9
708 France Lachmann, Georges Marcel 9
709 Germany Lange, Helmut 9
710 USA Larson, Jens Fredrick 9
711 England Lavers, Charles Stewart Touzeau 9
712 Scotland Learmond, George Victor 9
713 Germany Leffers, Gustav 9
714 England Leith, James Leith 9
715 England Long, Selden Herbert 9
716 England Lowe, Cyril Nelson 9
717 Scotland MacMillan, Norman 9
718 Germany Mahn, Herbert 9
719 England Marchant, Cecil James 9
720 France Matton, Jean Georges Fernand 9
 
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