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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
811 Germany Ehmann, Friedrich 8
812 England Emsden, Leonard Herbert 8
813 USA Erwin, William Portwood 8
814 Wales Evans, Dudley Lloyd 8
815 Germany Ewers, Walter 8
816 England Eycott-Martin, Harold Ross 8
817 Australia Finlay, Garfield 8
818 England Fitzgibbon, Desmond Fitzgerald 8
819 France Flachaire, Georges Charles Marie François 8
820 Canada Fleming, Austin L. 8
821 France Fraissinet, Jean Alfred 8
822 Germany Gandert, Hans-Eberhardt 8
823 France Gerard, Jacques 8
824 England Gladman, Cyril William 8
825 England Glynn, Clive Beverley 8
 
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