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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
916 Canada Rutherford, William Jackson 8
917 England Satchell, Harold Leslie 8
918 Wales Saunders, Franklin Geoffrey 8
919 France Sauvage, Paul Joannes 8
920 Germany Scharon, Karl 8
921 Germany Schilling, Hans 8
922 Germany Schobinger, Viktor 8
923 Germany Schoenebeck, Carl-August von 8
924 England Scholte, Owen John Frederick 8
925 Germany Schwartz, Wilhelm 8
926 Scotland Scott, Walter Henry 8
927 England Sellars, Herbert Whiteley 8
928 Canada Sharman, John Edward 8
929 USA Simon, Walter Carl 8
930 Australia Simpson, George Goodman 8
 
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