Lieutenant Charles Hubert Jeffs was a World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 flying ace

Flying ace

A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more...

 credited with five aerial victories.

Jeffs transferred from the Border Regiment to the Royal Flying Corps

Royal Flying Corps

The Royal Flying Corps was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. During the early part of the war, the RFC's responsibilities were centred on support of the British Army, via artillery co-operation and photographic reconnaissance...

. He was trained as a pilot and sent to No. 56 Squadron on 18 August 1917. Only four days later, he scored his first kill, using Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a no. B524 to destroy an Albatros D.V

Albatros D.V

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. Using the same plane, he tallied four more wins, with the last one coming on 29 September; he shared that one with fellow ace Gerald J. C. Maxwell

Gerald J. C. Maxwell

Gerald Joseph Constable Maxwell was a British Flying Ace in World War I credited with twenty-six victories.-Background:...

 and five other pilots. On 5 October, Jeffs fell beneath the guns of Bruno Loerzer

Bruno Loerzer

Bruno Loerzer was an officer in the German Luftstreitkräfte during World War I and Luftwaffe during World War II....

as the German's eleventh victim. Jeffs survived, but was captured.