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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
1006 France Doumer, René 7
1007 England Draisey, Arthur Stuart 7
1008 New Zealand Drewitt, Herbert Frank Stacey 7
1009 France Ducornet, Pierre Desire Augustin 7
1010 France Echard, Raoul Cesar Robert Pierre 7
1011 England Edwards, Cedric George 7
1012 Italy Eleuteri, Leopoldo 7
1013 England Ellis, Herbert Edward Oscar 7
1014 Canada Farrell, Conway MacAlister Gray 7
1015 Germany Fichter, Julius 7
1016 Canada Foster, George Buchanan 7
1017 England Fox Rule, Gordon 7
1018 England Franklyn, Adrian Winfrid 7
1019 England Freehill, Maurice Michael 7
1020 Austro-Hungarian Empire Friedrich, Josef 7
 
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