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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
946 England Warren, Leslie Reginald 8
947 USA White, Wilbert Wallace 8
948 Canada Wilson, Claude Melnot 8
949 England Wright, William Alan 8
950 Germany Zorn, Wilhelm 8
951 Australia Alberry, Frank 7
952 England Allen, Charles Philip 7
953 Germany Anders, Fritz G. 7
954 England Antcliffe, Ernest 7
955 France Auger, Alfred Victor Robert 7
956 Australia Barkell, Thomas Henry 7
957 Germany Bassenge, Gerhard 7
958 England Bateman, John Conrade 7
959 France Battesti, François Marie Noel 7
960 Canada Bell-Irving, Alan Duncan 7
 
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