Terry: Thanks for the thread; I missed Wood on my list of early RFC/RNAS aces. Interesting to note that of the 33 by the end of 1916, 6 (almost 20%) were Canadian, which must be disproportionate among the total number of Canadian airmen at the time. I also note one Australian, SJ Goble of the RNAS.
At year end the top scorers were:
Albert Ball 31
Pat Langen-Byrne 10
Alan Wilkinson 10
George Reid 9
Lionel Rees 8
Stanley Goble 8
Eustace Grenfell 8
Arthur Knight 8
Ball's destroyed/captured score was 16.5 while five others were in the 5-6 range.