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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
1036 Germany Hartmann, Otto 7
1037 USA Hartney, Harold Evans 7
1038 Austro-Hungarian Empire Hautzmayer, Ludwig 7
1039 England Hawker, Lanoe George 7
1040 Scotland Henderson, Ian Henry David 7
1041 Germany Hengl, Georg Ritter von 7
1042 Canada Hilborn, William Carrall 7
1043 England Hill, Charles 7
1044 England Hill, Richard Frank 7
1045 England Hills, John 7
1046 England Hoare, Edward 7
1047 England Hobson, Percy Kyme 7
1048 Germany Hohly, Josef 7
1049 USA Holden, Lansing Colton 7
1050 Canada Home-Hay, Jeffrey Batters 7
 
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