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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
871 South Africa Lloyd, George Lawrence 8
872 Italy Lombardi, Carlo 8
873 Canada MacDonald, William Myron 8
874 USA MacKenzie, William John 8
875 Russia Makeenok, Donat 8
876 Canada Malcolm, Reginald George 8
877 Canada Marks, George Ivan Douglas 8
878 France Martenot De Cordou, Andre Henri 8
879 France Massenet-Royer De Marancour, Robert Leon Henri 8
880 England Masters, Ernest Harold 8
881 Scotland Mather, Malcolm Brown 8
882 England Maund, Hugh Bingham 8
883 England McCudden, John Anthony 8
884 Scotland McDonald, James 8
885 Canada McDonald, Roderick 8
 
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