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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
106 Germany Naether (Näther), Max 26
107 USA Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon 26
108 Italy Scaroni, Silvio 26
109 England Staton, William Ernest 26
110 Canada Thomson, William McKenzie 26
111 Germany Beaulieu-Marconnay, Olivier Freiherr von 25
112 New Zealand Caldwell, Keith Logan 25
113 England Compston, Robert John Orton 25
114 Germany Hantelmann, Georg von 25
115 Italy Piccio, Pier 25
116 Germany Puetter (Pütter), Fritz 25
117 England Rhys Davids, Arthur Percival Foley 25
118 Canada Rosevear, Stanley Wallace 25
119 Germany Boehme (Böhme), Erwin 24
120 Wales Carpenter, Peter 24
 
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