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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
901 England Pashley, Eric Clowes 8
902 England Peck, Arthur Hicks 8
903 France Pillon, Edmond Jacques Marcel 8
904 Germany Poeschke, Friedrich 8
905 France Poupon, Roger 8
906 Scotland Prothero, Phillip Bernard 8
907 England Quested, John Bowley 8
908 Wales Rees, Lionel Wilmot Brabazon 8
909 Germany Richthofen, Wolfram Freiherr von 8
910 Germany Riemer, Claus 8
911 Germany Ritscherle, Karl 8
912 Scotland Robson, Charles Crichton 8
913 England Rooper, William Victor Trevor 8
914 England Roulstone, Alexander 8
915 Germany Runge, Richard 8
 
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