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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
1141 Germany Schumm, Marat 7
1142 England Selwyn, Wilfred 7
1143 England Seth-Smith, Kenneth Arthur 7
1144 USA Sewall, Sumner 7
1145 South Africa Slatter, Leonard Horatio 7
1146 Canada Smith, Emerson Arthur Lincoln Fisher 7
1147 England Stanton, Frederick Cecil 7
1148 England Steele, Charles Ronald 7
1149 Australia Stone, Charles Owen 7
1150 England Strange, Gilbert John 7
1151 Germany Strasser, Georg 7
1152 Russia Strizhesky, Valdimir 7
1153 England Stubbs, Charles Lionel 7
1154 England Sutton, Oliver Manners 7
1155 England Taylor, Arthur Gilbert Vivian 7
 
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