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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
766 Germany Weiner, Georg 9
767 England Williams, Thomas Melling 9
768 England Williamson, Alec 9
769 USA Wright, Chester Ellis 9
770 Germany Achilles, Paul 8
771 England Aldred, John William 8
772 South Africa Anderson, Gerald Frank 8
773 Italy Avet, Flaminio 8
774 England Bailey, Geoffrey Grierson 8
775 France Barbreau, Paul Augustin Edouard 8
776 England Bartlett, Charles Philip Oldfield 8
777 England Beard, Donald Wainwright 8
778 Germany Beckmann, Ludwig 8
779 England Benbow, Edwin Louis 8
780 South Africa Benjamin, Maurice Arthur 8
 
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