List of aerial victories claimed by Herbert Ihlefeld

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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.^[1]

According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Ihlefeld was credited with 123 World War II aerial victories.^[2] Spick lists him with 130 aerial victories, including seven claims in Spain, claimed in over 1,000 combat missions and a mission-to-claim ratio of 7.69.^[3] 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.^[4]

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 km²). 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.^[5]

♠ (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 –^[6] Spanish Civil War
1	1	21 February 1938	—	I-16^[7]		—	6	25 June 1938	—	I-16^[7]
2	2	13 March 1938	—	I-15^[7]		5	7	12 July 1938	—	I-15^[7]
3	3	11 May 1938	—	I-16^[7]		6	8	15 July 1938	—	I-15^[7]
—	4	18 May 1938	—	I-16^[7]		7	9	15 July 1938	—	I-15^[7]
4	5	2 June 1938	—	SB-2^[7]
– Stab I.(Jagd) Gruppe of Lehrgeschwader 2 –^[6] Battle of France — 10 May – 25 June 1940
8	10	29 May 1940	20:12?^{[Note 1]}	MS.406	Chauny^[8] vicinity of Saint-Quentin
– Stab I.(Jagd) Gruppe of Lehrgeschwader 2 –^[9] At the Channel and over England — 26 June 1940 – 30 March 1941
9	11	30 June 1940	15:25	Blenheim	east of Aire^[10] vicinity of Abbeville	11	13	9 July 1940	17:04?^{[Note 2]}	Spitfire	Thames Estuary^[10]
10	12	30 June 1940	15:30	Spitfire	west of Abbeville^[10]
– 2.(Jagd) Staffel of Lehrgeschwader 2 –^[11] At the Channel and over England — 26 June 1940 – 30 March 1941
12	14	13 August 1940	17:10	Blenheim?^{[Note 3]}	Barham^[12]	21	24	5 September 1940	11:10	Spitfire	London^[13] near Biggin Hill
13	15	22 August 1940	15:30?^{[Note 4]}	Spitfire	Dover^[12]	22	25	5 September 1940	— ?^{[Note 5]}	Spitfire	London^[13] vicinity of Hythe
	16	22 August 1940	13:55	Blenheim^[6]		23	27	6 September 1940	10:10?^{[Note 6]}	Spitfire	London^[13]
14	17	22 August 1940	15:35?^{[Note 7]}	Spitfire	Dover^[12]	24	26	6 September 1940	17:55	Spitfire	Ashford^[13]
15	18	24 August 1940	12:40	Spitfire	Dover^[12] vicinity of London	25	28	7 September 1940	18:20?^{[Note 8]}	Spitfire	Rochester^[13]
16	19	24 August 1940	16:55	Spitfire	London^[12]	26	29	7 September 1940	18:30?^{[Note 9]}	Spitfire	Maidstone^[13]
17	20	30 August 1940	19:25	Spitfire	Biggin Hill^[12]		30	11 September 1940	16:50	Spitfire	vicinity of London^[14]
18	21	31 August 1940	14:00	Spitfire	Kenley^[12]		31	11 September 1940	17:15	Spitfire	vicinity of London^[14]
19	22	2 September 1940	14:25	Spitfire	Dungeness^[12]	27	32	15 September 1940	15:30?^{[Note 10]}	Spitfire	London^[13]
20	23	2 September 1940	18:20	Spitfire	Sheerness^[12]
– Stab I.(Jagd) Gruppe of Lehrgeschwader 2 –^[14] At the Channel and over England — 26 June 1940 – 30 March 1941
28	33	24 September 1940	10:25	Spitfire	London^[15]	35	39	26 February 1941	14:15	Spitfire	2 km (1.2 mi) west of Calais-Marck^[16]
29	34	27 September 1940	10:10	Spitfire	London^[15]	36	40	1 March 1941	17:15	Spitfire	10 km (6.2 mi) west of Calais^[16]
30	—	27 September 1940	10:50	Spitfire	London^[15]	37	41	13 March 1941	13:55	Spitfire	in the middle of the English Channel^[16]
31	35	17 January 1941	16:00	Spitfire	northeast of Boulogne-sur-Mer^[15]	38	42	19 March 1941	19:08	Spitfire	10 km (6.2 mi) east of Hastings^[16]
32	36	10 February 1941	13:24	Spitfire	east of Dover^[15]	39	43	19 March 1941	19:10	Spitfire	10 km (6.2 mi) east of Hastings^[16]
33	37	14 February 1941	13:40	Spitfire	west of Dover^[16]	40	44	26 March 1941	12:30	Spitfire	Dungeness^[16]
34	38	14 February 1941	13:48	Spitfire	west of Dover^[16]
– Stab I.(Jagd) Gruppe of Lehrgeschwader 2 –^[14] Crete — 1 April – 1 June 1941
41	45	16 May 1941	16:50	Hurricane	Maleme^[17]
– Stab I.(Jagd) Gruppe of Lehrgeschwader 2 –^[9] Operation Barbarossa — 22 June – 5 December 1941
42	46	22 June 1941	04:30	I-16^[18]		48	52	4 July 1941	17:48	I-15^[18]
43	47	23 June 1941	05:50	SB-2^[18]		49	53	6 July 1941	18:50	I-16^[18]
44	48	26 June 1941	09:10	I-16^[18]		50	54	9 July 1941	09:35	I-153^[19]
45	49	26 June 1941	09:20	SB-2^[18]		51	55	10 July 1941	13:17	I-15^[19]
46	50	27 June 1941	09:20	I-16^[18]		52	56	12 July 1941	11:20?^{[Note 11]}	MiG-3^[19]
47	51	2 July 1941	16:07	I-16^[18]		53	57	15 October 1941	17:42	MiG-3^[19]
– Stab I.(Jagd) Gruppe of Lehrgeschwader 2 –^[20] Eastern Front — 6 December 1941 – 28 April 1942
54	58	8 December 1941	14:02	I-16^[21]		59	63	22 December 1941	13:25	I-15^[21]
55	59	9 December 1941	13:00	I-16^[21]		60	64	27 December 1941	14:00	I-16^[21]
56	60	11 December 1941	10:12	I-16^[21]		—	—	28 December 1941	—	MiG-3^[21]
57	61	11 December 1941	10:15	SB-3^[21]		61	65	5 January 1942	15:00	I-26^[21]
58	62	22 December 1941	10:05	MiG-3^[21]
– Stab I. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 77 –^[9] Eastern Front — 6 December 1941 – 28 April 1942
62	66	19 January 1942	15:15	I-16^[22]		85♠	89	30 March 1942	11:48	R-10 (Seversky)^[23]
63	67	24 January 1942	12:10	I-16^[22]		86♠	90	30 March 1942	11:50	I-16^[23]
64	68	24 January 1942	12:12	I-16?^[22]^{[Note 12]}		87♠	91	30 March 1942	11:53	I-61 (MiG-3)?^[23]^{[Note 13]}
65	69	25 January 1942	12:35	R-10 (Seversky)^[22]		88	92	6 April 1942	15:16	I-61 (MiG-3)^[23]
66	70	4 February 1942	12:30	I-16?^[22]^{[Note 12]}		89	93	8 April 1942	15:40	I-16?^[23]^{[Note 14]}
67	71	4 February 1942	15:50	I-16?^[22]^{[Note 15]}		90	94	19 April 1942	09:00+	I-61 (MiG-3)?^[23]^{[Note 16]}
68	72	11 February 1942	14:00	I-16^[22]		91	95	19 April 1942	11:45	I-61 (MiG-3)?^[23]^{[Note 16]}
69	73	17 March 1942	09:00	I-26 (Yak-1)^[25]		92	96	19 April 1942	11:15?^{[Note 17]}	I-61 (MiG-3)^[23]
70	74	20 March 1942	13:25?^{[Note 18]}	R-5?^[25]^{[Note 18]}		93	97	19 April 1942	15:20	I-61 (MiG-3)^[23]
	75	20 March 1942	16:50	I-16^[24]		94♠	98	20 April 1942	08:10	I-61 (MiG-3)^[23]
71	76	21 March 1942	12:55	I-26 (Yak-1)^[25]		95♠	99	20 April 1942	08:11	I-61 (MiG-3)^[23]
72		21 March 1942	15:00	R-5^[25]		96♠	100	20 April 1942	08:12	I-61 (MiG-3)^[23]
73	77	21 March 1942	17:05	I-16^[25]		97♠	101	20 April 1942	11:30?^{[Note 19]}	I-61 (MiG-3)^[23]
74	78	21 March 1942	17:10	I-16^[25]		98♠	102	20 April 1942	14:55	I-61 (MiG-3)^[26]
75♠	79	24 March 1942	07:00	I-26 (Yak-1)^[25]		99♠	103	20 April 1942	14:56	I-61 (MiG-3)^[26]
76♠	80	24 March 1942	07:10?^{[Note 20]}	I-16?^[25]^{[Note 20]}		100♠	104	20 April 1942	14:57	I-61 (MiG-3)^[26]
77♠	81	24 March 1942	13:30?^{[Note 21]}	I-301 (LaGG-3)?^[25]^{[Note 21]}		101	105	21 April 1942	17:10	I-61 (MiG-3)^[26]
78♠	82	24 March 1942	13:35?^{[Note 22]}	I-301 (LaGG-3)?^[25]^{[Note 22]}		102	106	21 April 1942	17:13	I-61 (MiG-3)^[26]
79♠	83	24 March 1942	13:37?^{[Note 23]}	I-301 (LaGG-3)^[25]		103	107	22 April 1942	10:30	I-301 (LaGG-3)^[26]
80	84	27 March 1942	17:00?^{[Note 24]}	I-61 (MiG-3)?^[23]^{[Note 24]}		104	108	22 April 1942	10:31?^{[Note 25]}	I-301 (LaGG-3)^[26]
81♠	85	30 March 1942	09:45	I-301 (LaGG-3)^[23]		105	109	22 April 1942	17:15?^{[Note 26]}	I-301 (LaGG-3)^[26]
82♠	86	30 March 1942	09:45	I-61 (MiG-3)?^[23]^{[Note 16]}		106	110	22 April 1942	17:30	I-301 (LaGG-3)^[26]
83♠	87	30 March 1942	11:40	I-61 (MiG-3)^[23]		107		25 April 1942	16:25	I-15^[26]
84♠	88	30 March 1942	11:42	R-10 (Seversky)^[23]
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 52 –^[24] Eastern Front — 6 December 1941 – 28 April 1942
108	—	1 July 1942	16:00+	MiG-1^[27]		110	—	9 July 1942	09:00+	I-16^[27]
109	—	4 July 1942	15:00+	Hurricane^[27]		111		July 1942	—	unknown^[27]
– Stab of Jagdgruppe 25 –^[24] Defense of the Reich — November 1943
112	111	13 November 1943	11:45?^{[Note 27]}	P-38	PQ 05 Ost S/TS-1^[28] south of Quakenbrück
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 1 –^[24] Invasion of Normandy — June – August 1944
113	112	8 May 1944	09:56	B-17	PQ 05 Ost S/ET-1, vicinity of Verden^[29]^[30]	119	118	14 July 1944	19:19	Spitfire	PQ 15 West UU-1^[29] PQ 95 Ost S/UU-1, south of Caen^[31]
114	113	8 May 1944	12:00?^{[Note 28]}	B-17	PQ 05 Ost S/ET-2, vicinity of Verden^[29]^[30] northwest of Celle	120	119	18 July 1944	09:55	P-38	PQ 05 Ost S/UG-1/5, northwest of Paris^[32]
115	114	12 July 1944	19:03	Spitfire	PQ 15 West TT-9^[29] PQ 95 Ost S/UU-9, vicinity of Caen^[31]	121	120	25 July 1944	19:23	Lancaster	PQ 05 Ost S/TC-3, vicinity of Rouen^[32]
116	115	12 July 1944	19:05?^{[Note 29]}	Spitfire	PQ 95 Ost S/UU-8, vicinity of Caen^[31]	122	121	25 July 1944	19:30	Spitfire	PQ 05 Ost S/TC-3, vicinity of Rouen^[32]
117	116	12 July 1944	19:07?^{[Note 30]}	Spitfire	PQ 95 Ost S/UU-8, vicinity of Caen^[31]	123	122	27 July 1944	07:27	P-51	PQ 95 Ost S/UU, vicinity of Caen^[32]
118	117	14 July 1944	19:17	P-51	PQ 15 West UU-1^[29] PQ 95 Ost S/UU-1, south of Caen^[31]	124		1 August 1944	—	P-51	PQ 04 Ost N/AA, south of Lisieux^[32]
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 1 – Defense of the Reich — November 1944
125		26 November 1944	—	B-17^[33]

Notes

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Citations

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

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