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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
826 Germany Gossner, Max 8
827 Scotland Grant, James 8
828 England Grenfell, Eustace Osborne 8
829 England Groom, Victor Emmanuel 8
830 France Guertiau, Julien Anatole 8
831 Germany Gutknecht, Adolf 8
832 Germany Guettler (Güttler), Wolfgang 8
833 Germany Haebler (Häbler), Hans von 8
834 England Hammersley, Reuben George 8
835 England Harlock, Frederick George 8
836 Ireland Hegarty, Herbert George 8
837 South Africa Hemming, Alfred Stewart 8
838 Germany Henkel, Heinrich 8
839 England Hicks, George Rensbury 8
840 Canada Hilton, Darcy Fowlis 8
 
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