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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
1171 France Weismann, Eugene 7
1172 Australia Wellwood, James Joseph 7
1173 Germany Werner, Johannes 7
1174 England White, Harold Albert 7
1175 England White, Hugh Granville 7
1176 England Williams, Percy Stanley 7
1177 England Wilson, Percy 7
1178 England Woodbridge, Albert Edward 7
1179 England Agabeg, Ivan Wilmot Frank 6
1180 Canada Appleby, Percival Ewart 6
1181 Germany Arnold, Karl 6
1182 England Aspinall, John Vincent 6
1183 USA Bair, Hilbert Leigh 6
1184 England Baker, Lovell Dickens 6
1185 South Africa Barbour, Robert Lyle McKendrick 6
 
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