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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
1066 Australia Kenny, Edward Patrick 7
1067 Australia Kirk, Walter Alister 7
1068 Scotland Knowles, Frederick John 7
1069 Germany Koch, Emil 7
1070 Germany Koerner (Körner), Hans 7
1071 Russia Kruten, Yevgraph 7
1072 Germany Kuehne (Kühne), Wilhelm 7
1073 Germany Kummetz, Hans 7
1074 France Languedoc, Henri François 7
1075 USA Larner, DeFreest 7
1076 France Lecoq De Kerland, Marie Charles Maurice 7
1077 England Lee, Arthur Stanley Gould 7
1078 Canada Leitch, Alfred Alexander 7
1079 Germany Leptien, Hermann 7
1080 England Le Blanc-Smith, Maurice 7
 
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