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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
1486 England Blackett, Basil John 5
1487 Canada Blaiklock, George Walker 5
1488 South Africa Blake, Arthur Winston 5
1489 France Blanc, Georges Pierre 5
1490 England Blenkiron, Alfred Victor 5
1491 England Blizard, Charles Cecil 5
1492 France Bloch, Marcel Robert Leopold 5
1493 Germany Boddien, Hans-Helmut von 5
1494 Canada Boger, William Otway 5
1495 England Bond, William Arthur 5
1496 Germany Boenisch (Bönisch), Erich 5
1497 Canada Booth, Edward Borgfeldt 5
1498 Germany Borm, Gustav 5
1499 France Borzecki, Charles Alexandre Bronislas 5
1500 England Bott, Alan John 5
 
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