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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
1156 Canada Taylor, Merrill Samuel 7
1157 Scotland Tennant, James 7
1158 France Thomas, Gabriel Joseph 7
1159 Ireland Tidmarsh, David Mary 7
1160 England Tinsley, William 7
1161 Scotland Tranter, Alexander 7
1162 Germany Treiber, Karl 7
1163 Australia Trescowthick, Norman Charles 7
1164 England Turner, Francis McDougall Charlewood 7
1165 Germany Ungewitter, Kurt 7
1166 England Vaucour, Awdry Morris 7
1167 France Vitalis, Marie Gaston Fulerand Leon 7
1168 France Vuillemin, Joseph 7
1169 England Walkerdine, Harold John 7
1170 Germany Walz, Franz 7
 
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