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Herbert Ihlefeld (1 June 1914 – 8 August 1995) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during the Spanish Civil War and World War II, a fighter ace listed with 130 enemy aircraft shot down in over 1,000 combat missions. Depending on source, he claimed seven to nine aerial victories in the Spanish Civil War, and during World War II, 67 on the Eastern Front and 56 on the Western Front, including 15 four-engined bombers and 26 Supermarine Spitfires. He survived being shot down eight times during his 1,000 combat missions.

List of aerial victories claimed

According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Ihlefeld was credited with 123 World War II aerial victories. Spick lists him with 130 aerial victories, including seven claims in Spain, claimed in over 1,000 combat missions. Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found documentation for 122 aerial victory claims, plus five further unconfirmed claims. This number includes nine claims during the Spanish Civil War, 48 on the Western Front, including three four-engined bombers, and 65 on the Eastern Front.

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 05 Ost S/ET-1". The Luftwaffe grid map (Jägermeldenetz) covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about 360 square miles (930 km). These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area 3 km × 4 km (1.9 mi × 2.5 mi) in size.

♠ (Ace of spades) indicates those aerial victories which made Ihlefeld an "ace-in-a-day", a term which designates a fighter pilot who has shot down five or more airplanes in a single day. – (dash) indicates unconfirmed aerial victory claims for which Ihlefeld did not receive credit. ! (exclamation mark) indicates those aerial victories listed by Forsyth, Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike and Bock. # (hash mark) indicates those aerial victories listed by Mathews and Foreman. ? (question mark) indicates information discrepancies listed by Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike, Bock, Mathews and Foreman.
Claim! Claim# Date Time Type Location Claim! Claim# Date Time Type Location
– 2. Staffel of Jagdgruppe 88 –
Spanish Civil War
1 1 21 February 1938 — I-16 — 6 25 June 1938 — I-16
2 2 13 March 1938 — I-15 5 7 12 July 1938 — I-15
3 3 11 May 1938 — I-16 6 8 15 July 1938 — I-15
— 4 18 May 1938 — I-16 7 9 15 July 1938 — I-15
4 5 2 June 1938 — SB-2
– Stab I.(Jagd) Gruppe of Lehrgeschwader 2 –
Battle of France — 10 May – 25 June 1940
8 10 29 May 1940 20:12? MS.406 Chauny
vicinity of Saint-Quentin
– Stab I.(Jagd) Gruppe of Lehrgeschwader 2 –
At the Channel and over England — 26 June 1940 – 30 March 1941
9 11 30 June 1940 15:25 Blenheim east of Aire
vicinity of Abbeville 		11 13 9 July 1940 17:04? Spitfire Thames Estuary
10 12 30 June 1940 15:30 Spitfire west of Abbeville
– 2.(Jagd) Staffel of Lehrgeschwader 2 –
At the Channel and over England — 26 June 1940 – 30 March 1941
12 14 13 August 1940 17:10 Blenheim? Barham 21 24 5 September 1940 11:10 Spitfire London
near Biggin Hill
13 15 22 August 1940 15:30? Spitfire Dover 22 25 5 September 1940 —? Spitfire London
vicinity of Hythe
16 22 August 1940 13:55 Blenheim 23 27 6 September 1940 10:10? Spitfire London
14 17 22 August 1940 15:35? Spitfire Dover 24 26 6 September 1940 17:55 Spitfire Ashford
15 18 24 August 1940 12:40 Spitfire Dover
vicinity of London 		25 28 7 September 1940 18:20? Spitfire Rochester
16 19 24 August 1940 16:55 Spitfire London 26 29 7 September 1940 18:30? Spitfire Maidstone
17 20 30 August 1940 19:25 Spitfire Biggin Hill 30 11 September 1940 16:50 Spitfire vicinity of London
18 21 31 August 1940 14:00 Spitfire Kenley 31 11 September 1940 17:15 Spitfire vicinity of London
19 22 2 September 1940 14:25 Spitfire Dungeness 27 32 15 September 1940 15:30? Spitfire London
20 23 2 September 1940 18:20 Spitfire Sheerness
– Stab I.(Jagd) Gruppe of Lehrgeschwader 2 –
At the Channel and over England — 26 June 1940 – 30 March 1941
28 33 24 September 1940 10:25 Spitfire London 35 39 26 February 1941 14:15 Spitfire 2 km (1.2 mi) west of Calais-Marck
29 34 27 September 1940 10:10 Spitfire London 36 40 1 March 1941 17:15 Spitfire 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Calais
30 — 27 September 1940 10:50 Spitfire London 37 41 13 March 1941 13:55 Spitfire in the middle of the English Channel
31 35 17 January 1941 16:00 Spitfire northeast of Boulogne-sur-Mer 38 42 19 March 1941 19:08 Spitfire 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Hastings
32 36 10 February 1941 13:24 Spitfire east of Dover 39 43 19 March 1941 19:10 Spitfire 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Hastings
33 37 14 February 1941 13:40 Spitfire west of Dover 40 44 26 March 1941 12:30 Spitfire Dungeness
34 38 14 February 1941 13:48 Spitfire west of Dover
– Stab I.(Jagd) Gruppe of Lehrgeschwader 2 –
Crete — 1 April – 1 June 1941
41 45 16 May 1941 16:50 Hurricane Maleme
– Stab I.(Jagd) Gruppe of Lehrgeschwader 2 –
Operation Barbarossa — 22 June – 5 December 1941
42 46 22 June 1941 04:30 I-16 48 52 4 July 1941 17:48 I-15
43 47 23 June 1941 05:50 SB-2 49 53 6 July 1941 18:50 I-16
44 48 26 June 1941 09:10 I-16 50 54 9 July 1941 09:35 I-153
45 49 26 June 1941 09:20 SB-2 51 55 10 July 1941 13:17 I-15
46 50 27 June 1941 09:20 I-16 52 56 12 July 1941 11:20? MiG-3
47 51 2 July 1941 16:07 I-16 53 57 15 October 1941 17:42 MiG-3
– Stab I.(Jagd) Gruppe of Lehrgeschwader 2 –
Eastern Front — 6 December 1941 – 28 April 1942
54 58 8 December 1941 14:02 I-16 59 63 22 December 1941 13:25 I-15
55 59 9 December 1941 13:00 I-16 60 64 27 December 1941 14:00 I-16
56 60 11 December 1941 10:12 I-16 — — 28 December 1941 — MiG-3
57 61 11 December 1941 10:15 SB-3 61 65 5 January 1942 15:00 I-26
58 62 22 December 1941 10:05 MiG-3
– Stab I. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 77 –
Eastern Front — 6 December 1941 – 28 April 1942
62 66 19 January 1942 15:15 I-16 85♠ 89 30 March 1942 11:48 R-10 (Seversky)
63 67 24 January 1942 12:10 I-16 86♠ 90 30 March 1942 11:50 I-16
64 68 24 January 1942 12:12 I-16? 87♠ 91 30 March 1942 11:53 I-61 (MiG-3)?
65 69 25 January 1942 12:35 R-10 (Seversky) 88 92 6 April 1942 15:16 I-61 (MiG-3)
66 70 4 February 1942 12:30 I-16? 89 93 8 April 1942 15:40 I-16?
67 71 4 February 1942 15:50 I-16? 90 94 19 April 1942 09:00+ I-61 (MiG-3)?
68 72 11 February 1942 14:00 I-16 91 95 19 April 1942 11:45 I-61 (MiG-3)?
69 73 17 March 1942 09:00 I-26 (Yak-1) 92 96 19 April 1942 11:15? I-61 (MiG-3)
70 74 20 March 1942 13:25? R-5? 93 97 19 April 1942 15:20 I-61 (MiG-3)
75 20 March 1942 16:50 I-16 94♠ 98 20 April 1942 08:10 I-61 (MiG-3)
71 76 21 March 1942 12:55 I-26 (Yak-1) 95♠ 99 20 April 1942 08:11 I-61 (MiG-3)
72 21 March 1942 15:00 R-5 96♠ 100 20 April 1942 08:12 I-61 (MiG-3)
73 77 21 March 1942 17:05 I-16 97♠ 101 20 April 1942 11:30? I-61 (MiG-3)
74 78 21 March 1942 17:10 I-16 98♠ 102 20 April 1942 14:55 I-61 (MiG-3)
75♠ 79 24 March 1942 07:00 I-26 (Yak-1) 99♠ 103 20 April 1942 14:56 I-61 (MiG-3)
76♠ 80 24 March 1942 07:10? I-16? 100♠ 104 20 April 1942 14:57 I-61 (MiG-3)
77♠ 81 24 March 1942 13:30? I-301 (LaGG-3)? 101 105 21 April 1942 17:10 I-61 (MiG-3)
78♠ 82 24 March 1942 13:35? I-301 (LaGG-3)? 102 106 21 April 1942 17:13 I-61 (MiG-3)
79♠ 83 24 March 1942 13:37? I-301 (LaGG-3) 103 107 22 April 1942 10:30 I-301 (LaGG-3)
80 84 27 March 1942 17:00? I-61 (MiG-3)? 104 108 22 April 1942 10:31? I-301 (LaGG-3)
81♠ 85 30 March 1942 09:45 I-301 (LaGG-3) 105 109 22 April 1942 17:15? I-301 (LaGG-3)
82♠ 86 30 March 1942 09:45 I-61 (MiG-3)? 106 110 22 April 1942 17:30 I-301 (LaGG-3)
83♠ 87 30 March 1942 11:40 I-61 (MiG-3) 107 25 April 1942 16:25 I-15
84♠ 88 30 March 1942 11:42 R-10 (Seversky)
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 52 –
Eastern Front — 6 December 1941 – 28 April 1942
108 — 1 July 1942 16:00+ MiG-1 110 — 9 July 1942 09:00+ I-16
109 — 4 July 1942 15:00+ Hurricane 111 July 1942 — unknown
– Stab of Jagdgruppe 25 –
Defense of the Reich — November 1943
112 111 13 November 1943 11:45? P-38 PQ 05 Ost S/TS-1
south of Quakenbrück
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 1 –
Invasion of Normandy — June – August 1944
113 112 8 May 1944 09:56 B-17 PQ 05 Ost S/ET-1, vicinity of Verden 119 118 14 July 1944 19:19 Spitfire PQ 15 West UU-1
PQ 95 Ost S/UU-1, south of Caen
114 113 8 May 1944 12:00? B-17 PQ 05 Ost S/ET-2, vicinity of Verden
northwest of Celle 		120 119 18 July 1944 09:55 P-38 PQ 05 Ost S/UG-1/5, northwest of Paris
115 114 12 July 1944 19:03 Spitfire PQ 15 West TT-9
PQ 95 Ost S/UU-9, vicinity of Caen 		121 120 25 July 1944 19:23 Lancaster PQ 05 Ost S/TC-3, vicinity of Rouen
116 115 12 July 1944 19:05? Spitfire PQ 95 Ost S/UU-8, vicinity of Caen 122 121 25 July 1944 19:30 Spitfire PQ 05 Ost S/TC-3, vicinity of Rouen
117 116 12 July 1944 19:07? Spitfire PQ 95 Ost S/UU-8, vicinity of Caen 123 122 27 July 1944 07:27 P-51 PQ 95 Ost S/UU, vicinity of Caen
118 117 14 July 1944 19:17 P-51 PQ 15 West UU-1
PQ 95 Ost S/UU-1, south of Caen 		124 1 August 1944 — P-51 PQ 04 Ost N/AA, south of Lisieux
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 1 –
Defense of the Reich — November 1944
125 26 November 1944 — B-17

Notes

  1. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 20:22.
  2. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 13:04.
  3. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed as a Hawker Hurricane.
  4. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 13:50.
  5. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 11:10.
  6. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 18:20.
  7. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 14:05.
  8. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 17:55.
  9. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 18:20.
  10. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 16:20.
  11. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 11:12.
  12. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed as a Tupolev SB-3.
  13. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed as a Seversky.
  14. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed as a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3.
  15. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed as a Seversky.
  16. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed as a Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3.
  17. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 11:45.
  18. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 16:25 as an Ilyushin DB-3.
  19. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 11:40.
  20. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 07:02 as a Yakovlev Yak-1.
  21. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 13:28 as a Seversky.
  22. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 13:40 as a Seversky.
  23. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 16:30.
  24. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 13:40 as a Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3.
  25. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 06:51.
  26. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 12:35.
  27. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 11:58.
  28. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 10:00.
  29. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 19:04.
  30. According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 19:05.

References

Citations

  1. Spick 2006, pp. 231–232.
  2. Zabecki 2019, p. 330.
  3. Spick 1996, p. 230.
  4. Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 570–572.
  5. Planquadrat.
  6. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 570.
  7. ^ Forsyth 2011, p. 103.
  8. Prien et al. 2001, p. 407.
  9. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 364–365.
  10. ^ Prien et al. 2002, p. 393.
  11. Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 570–571.
  12. ^ Prien et al. 2002, p. 394.
  13. ^ Prien et al. 2002, p. 395.
  14. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 571.
  15. ^ Prien et al. 2002, p. 397.
  16. ^ Prien et al. 2002, p. 398.
  17. Prien et al. 2003a, p. 311.
  18. ^ Prien et al. 2003b, p. 404.
  19. ^ Prien et al. 2003b, p. 406.
  20. Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 571–572.
  21. ^ Prien et al. 2005, p. 281.
  22. ^ Prien et al. 2005, p. 282.
  23. ^ Prien et al. 2005, p. 285.
  24. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 572.
  25. ^ Prien et al. 2005, p. 284.
  26. ^ Prien et al. 2005, p. 286.
  27. ^ Prien et al. 2006, p. 390.
  28. Prien et al. 2009, p. 71.
  29. ^ Prien, Stemmer & Bock 2018, p. 60.
  30. ^ Prien & Rodeike 1996a, p. 1208.
  31. ^ Prien & Rodeike 1996a, p. 1212.
  32. ^ Prien & Rodeike 1996a, p. 1213.
  33. Prien & Rodeike 1996b, p. 1652.

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