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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 Victories
1 USA Easterbrook, Arthur Edmond 5
2 England Easton, Harold Edwin 8
3 Canada Eaton, Edward Carter 5
4 France Echard, Raoul Cesar Robert Pierre 7
5 South Africa Eddy, Charles Ewart 5
6 England Edgley, Denis Edwin 6
7 England Edwards, Cedric George 7
8 Canada Edwards, Harold Leslie 21
9 Australia Edwards, Herbert James 5
10 Canada Edwards, Stearne Tighe 17
11 Germany Ehmann, Friedrich 8
12 Germany Ehmann, Gottfried 12
13 France Ehrlich, Jacques Louis 19
14 England Eldon, Horace George 5
15 Italy Eleuteri, Leopoldo 7
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