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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
1021 Italy Fucini, Mario 7
1022 England Gamon, John 7
1023 Germany Gilly, Hermann 7
1024 Canada Gilroy, Eric Charlton 7
1025 Germany Goerth, Hans 7
1026 Australia Grant, Walter Irving Newby 7
1027 Scotland Gray, William Edrington 7
1028 England Green, Wilfrid Barratt 7
1029 USA Griffith, John Sharpe 7
1030 Germany Groos, Gisbert-Wilhelm 7
1031 Germany Habich, Hermann 7
1032 USA Hale, Frank Lucien 7
1033 England Hall, Frederick Vincent 7
1034 England Hamilton, Herbert James 7
1035 Scotland Hartley, Herbert Henry 7
 
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