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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
1126 Australia Richardson, Lancelot Lytton 7
1127 Austro-Hungarian Empire Risztics, Johann 7
1128 Italy Riva, Antonio 7
1129 England Robb, James Milne 7
1130 USA Robertson, Wendel Archibald 7
1131 England Robinson, Charles Victor 7
1132 France Romatet, Jean Charles 7
1133 USA Rummell, Leslie Jacob 7
1134 Wales Saint, Howard John Thomas 7
1135 France Santelli, Paul Marie Raphael 7
1136 England Savage, Douglas Alfred 7
1137 France Sayaret, Victor Louis Georges 7
1138 England Scandrett, Harry 7
1139 Germany Schneidewind, Gustav 7
1140 USA Schoen, Karl John 7
 
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