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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
841 South Africa Hind, Ivan Frank 8
842 Germany Hippert, Wilhelm 8
843 England Holmes, William Norman 8
844 England Horry, Tom Stanley 8
845 Australia Howard, Richard Watson 8
846 Germany Hoyer, Hans 8
847 England Hunt, Hubert Cecil 8
848 USA Hunter, Frank O'Driscoll 8
849 Germany Huettenrauch (Hüttenrauch), Paul 8
850 Germany Hutterer, Michael 8
851 Germany Jacobsen, Fritz 8
852 USA Jones, Clinton Leonard 8
853 Canada Joy, Ernest Graham 8
854 Canada Junor, Kenneth William 8
855 Germany Kampe, Willi 8
 
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