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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
751 England Siddall, Joseph Henry 9
752 England Sims, Charles John 9
753 England Solly, Arthur Norbury 9
754 Canada Spence, Anthony George Allen 9
755 Russia Suk, Grigory 9
756 England Tayler, St. Cyprian Churchill 9
757 Canada Thompson, Louis Mark 9
758 England Thornely, Ronald Roscoe 9
759 England Travers, Frederick Dudley 9
760 England Turner, Ronald William 9
761 Austro-Hungarian Empire Udvardy, Ferdinand 9
762 France Vialet, Marcel Pierre 9
763 England Wareing, Guy Wilbraham 9
764 Canada Watson, Kenneth Bowman 9
765 England Wear, Albert Edward 9
 
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