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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
1111 Australia Peters, George Clifton 7
1112 France Petit, Paul Armand 7
1113 Italy Pierozzi, Orazio 7
1114 Germany Plange, Richard 7
1115 England Potter, Frank 7
1116 England Pratt, Stuart Harvey 7
1117 England Preston, John Carbery 7
1118 England Price, Stephen William 7
1119 England Price, William Thomas 7
1120 Canada Puffer, Stanley Asa 7
1121 Germany Puetz (Pütz), Johann 7
1122 Germany Raesch, Josef 7
1123 Canada Ray, Lewis Hector 7
1124 England Reid, Alec Stratford Cunningham 7
1125 Italy Rennella, Cosimo 7
 
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