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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. |
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Name |
Score |
1846 |
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Wertheim (Wertheimer), Pierre Armand
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5 |
1847 |
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West, Mortimer Sackville
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5 |
1848 |
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Whitehead, Lewis Ewart
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5 |
1849 |
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Whitham, Charles Myers
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5 |
1850 |
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Whitney, Robert Kenneth
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5 |
1851 |
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Wiessner, Ernst
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5 |
1852 |
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Wilkins, Frank Stafford
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5 |
1853 |
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Williams, Edward George Herbert Caradoc
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5 |
1854 |
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Williams, Francis Jefferies
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5 |
1855 |
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Wilson, Cecil Frederick Charles
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5 |
1856 |
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Winter, Rupert Randolph
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5 |
1857 |
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Wissemann, Kurt
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5 |
1858 |
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Wognar, Franz
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5 |
1859 |
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Womersley, John Herbert Greenwood
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5 |
1860 |
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Woollven, Charles Henry Chapman
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5 |
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