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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
721 England Mauduit, Ronald Frank Strickland 9
722 England Maxwell, Reginald Stuart 9
723 Scotland McDonald, John Sutherland 9
724 England McEvoy, Christopher 9
725 Canada McGoun, David MacKay 9
726 England Merritt, Horace Ernest 9
727 England Milne, John Theobald 9
728 Germany Mohnicke, Eberhard 9
729 South Africa Moody, Basil Henry 9
730 Germany Mueller (Müller), Hans Karl 9
731 England Munday, Richard Burnard 9
732 England Napier, Charles George Douglas 9
733 Italy Nicelli, Giovanni 9
734 Wales Norton, Ernest William 9
735 England Noss, Arthur Rex Hurden 9
 
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