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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
1186 England Barlow, John Lancashire 6
1187 Germany Baur, Johann 6
1188 USA Beane, James Dudley 6
1189 England Bell, George Stanley 6
1190 Ireland Betts, Eric Bourne Coulter 6
1191 USA Bissell, Clayton Lawrence 6
1192 USA Bissonette, Charles Arthur 6
1193 Italy Bocchese, Aldo 6
1194 Germany Bona, Paul 6
1195 England Boulton, Nicholson Stewart 6
1196 England Boulton, Percy 6
1197 England Bowman, Clifford 6
1198 Germany Bretschneider-Bodemer, Moritz-Waldemar 6
1199 England Britton, Arthur Frederick 6
1200 England Brookes, Eric Guy 6
 
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