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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
1081 England Le Mesurier, Thomas Frederick 7
1082 France Loste, Jean Augustin Paul Joseph 7
1083 Germany Lux, Albert Josef 7
1084 South Africa MacDonald, Hector Omdurman 7
1085 Scotland MacDougall, Peter Aitken 7
1086 England MacGregor, Norman Miers 7
1087 England MacKereth, John 7
1088 Scotland MacLanachan, William 7
1089 Canada MacLeod, Malcolm Plaw 7
1090 England Maddocks, Henry Hollingdrake 7
1091 Austro-Hungarian Empire Maier, Josef von 7
1092 France Marty, Alexandre Paul Leon Madeleine 7
1093 Canada McConnell, Roy Kirkwood 7
1094 Australia McGinness, Paul Joseph 7
1095 Germany Mendel, Karl 7
 
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