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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
1051 England Hustings, Norman William 7
1052 Germany Jacob, Kurt 7
1053 Belgium Jacquet, Fernand 7
1054 Austro-Hungarian Empire Jaeger (Jäger), Otto 7
1055 Canada Jarvis, Arthur Eyguem De Montaigne 7
1056 England Jarvis, Louis William 7
1057 Canada Jenks, Archie Nathaniel 7
1058 Germany Jentsch, Karl Friedrich Kurt 7
1059 England Jerrard, Alan 7
1060 Germany Johns, Martin 7
1061 England Jones, Albert Leslie 7
1062 Australia Jones, George 7
1063 Wales Jones, Hubert Wilson Godfrey 7
1064 Canada Joslyn, Harold Waddell 7
1065 Germany Kairies, Christian 7
 
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