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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
76 New Zealand Maynard, Forster Herbert Martin 6
77 Canada McCall, Frederick Robert Gordon 35
78 Scotland McCall, Malcolm 6
79 Ireland McClintock, Ronald St. Clair 5
80 Australia McCloughry, Edgar James Kingston 21
81 Canada McConnell, Roy Kirkwood 7
82 Ireland McCormack, George 5
83 England McCudden, James Thomas Byford 57
84 England McCudden, John Anthony 8
85 England McDonald, Ian Donald Roy 20
86 Scotland McDonald, James 8
87 Scotland McDonald, John Sutherland 9
88 Canada McDonald, Roderick 8
89 Ireland McElroy, George Edward Henry 47
90 England McEvoy, Christopher 9
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