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Cranston Fine Arts Aviation Art World War Two Veteran Signatures Germany H to K Ihlefeld, Herbert

Colonel Herbert Ihlefeld

Born 1st June 1914 in Pinnow Pommern and died 8th August 1995 in Wenningen lower Saxony. Joined the Luftwaffe in 1936 and scored nine victories during the Spanish Civil War. Flew 1000 combat missions and claimed 132 enemy aircraft with 56 on the Western Front including 26 spitfires and 67 on the Russian Front. Participated in the air war over Poland, France and the Battle of Britain. In 1941 Ihlefeld was transferred to the Balkans for the invasion of Yugoslavia. He was shot down by AA fire and captured by the Yugoslavian Army. 8 days lated he was rescued by the German troops. Ihlefeld participated in the assault on Crete, claiming his 36th kill, a Hurricane. He then commanded Jagdgeschwader 77 in time for Operation Barbarossa in June 1941. In April 1942 Ihlefeld became the 5th pilot to reach 100 victories and his unit 1/JG77 was credited with 323 enemy aircraft kills compared to the loss of only 17 Bf109s. Ihlefeld then took command of Jagdgeschwader 52 in June 1942 but he was involved in a landing accident and badly injured and was not ready to return to active service until July 1943. In May 1944 he commanded JG11 and then JG1 during the defence of the Reich. In 1945 he took command of Jagdgeschwader 1 equipped with the Heinkel 162.

Colonel Herbert Ihlefeld - Signed Aviation Art

Jet Interceptor by Nicolas Trudgian. 4 of 5 editions available. All 5 editions feature up to 2 additional signatures. £110.00 - £320.00

The Last Patrol by David Pentland. 16 editions. 11 of the 16 editions feature up to 3 additional signatures. £2.50 - £500.00

One to One by Ivan Berryman. 9 of 10 editions available. 5 of 6 editions featuring an additional signature are available. £2.90 - £400.00

Dawn Eagles Rising by Robert Taylor. One of 3 editions available. All 3 editions feature up to 33 additional signatures. £250.00

The Last Offensive by Nicolas Trudgian. This single edition is sold out. The edition features an additional signature.

Air Armada by Robert Taylor. One of 4 editions available. All 4 editions feature up to 11 additional signatures. £215.00

Combat Over London by Robert Taylor This single edition is sold out. The edition features 6 additional signatures.

JG-52 by Robert Taylor. All 5 editions sold out. All editions feature up to 10 additional signatures.

Aces on the Western Front by Robert Taylor. One of 2 editions available. The edition featuring 4 additional signatures is sold out. £495.00

Knights on the Eastern Front by Robert Taylor. This single edition is sold out. The edition features 6 additional signatures.

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Jet Interceptor by Nicolas Trudgian. Herbert Ihlefelds personal He162 White 23 - the revolutionary Heinkel Peoples Fighter - on patrol with JG1.This aircraft was captured intact and is today preserved in the National Air & Space Museum in Washington DC. Published 2000.

The Last Patrol by David Pentland. A pair of ME109 G-14s of 9th Staffel, Jagdgeswader 54 (Greenheart Wing) make a final sortie during the last days of March 1945.

One to One by Ivan Berryman. A Messerschmitt BF109 E of JG27 closes on a 501 squadron Hawker Hurricane during the typical combat in the skies over southern England during the Battle of Britain, in the summer of 1940.

Dawn Eagles Rising by Robert Taylor. September 1940: The Battle of Britain reaches a crescendo as Me109s of the 1./JG52, their bright yellow noses glinting in the sun, gather speed and altitude as they form up after take-off from their base at Coquelles, near Calais. Led by Hauptmann Wolfgang Ewald, the Scharwm settle into their loose, finger-four formation, the pilots alert for danger and ready for yet another raid on England, just a few miles across the Channel.

The Last Offensive by Nicolas Trudgian. Herbert Ihlefeld leads the Fw190s of JG1 over the Ardennes during the last great offensive by German forces in the west on Christmas Eve, 1944.

Air Armada by Robert Taylor. In just six weeks Hitler's forces had overrun western Europe as once proud armies swiftly fell before the might of the German blitzkrieg. It was a devastating defeat, and now only Britain stood alone. Few thought she could survive. As Churchill pledged that Britain would never surrender, a German invasion seemed inevitable. But before any invasion could take place the Luftwaffe must neutralise the RAF and win control of the skies over southern England. Awaiting them was a small but resilient band of young men, the pilots of RAF Fighter Command. First the Germans attacked the coastal convoys, hoping to draw the RAF en-masse into battle. They failed. And then on 12th August, they turned their full attention to the forward fighter bases and radar stations, hoping to obliterate them once and for all. From Norway in the north, through the Low Countries and northern France to Brittany in the west, the Luftwaffe threw every available aircraft into the attack. For the young men of Fighter Command the next seven days of fighting would leave them exhausted and all but spent. They were to be the hardest days of the Battle of Britain, culminating on Sunday 18th August. This painting recreates a moment on that day as Heinz Bar, the Luftwaffe's top-scoring NCO Ace of the Battle of Britain and one of the greatest Aces in history, climbs away from his airfield near Calais with the other pilots of 1./JG51 to escort the Dornier Do17s of KG76 for yet another deadly attack on the RAF. Away in the distance, Me110s from EPRG210 also prepare to join the epic encounters that lie ahead.

Combat Over London by Robert Taylor During the legendary Battle of Britain Spitfires of 92 Squadron are engaged with Messerschmitt Me109s of JG-2 in a high-altitude dog-fight directly over London in September 1940. Way below bombers of the Luftwaffe attempt one of their final daylight raids over the capital.

JG-52 by Robert Taylor. It was the foundation upon which the Luftwaffe was built and flew throughout WWII. It was flown by some of the greatest fighter Aces of all time, and credited with more air victories than any other fighter in history. It was the Messerschmitt Bf109. One of the finest fighter aircraft ever to take to the skies, the Bf109 was flown by the Luftwaffe's greatest Aces - men like Hartmann, Galland, Rall, Reinert and Krupinski.

Aces on the Western Front by Robert Taylor. Returning from a combat mission over the English Channel, Me109s flying low over Mont St. Michel, northern coast of France, Spring 1941.

Knights on the Eastern Front by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT.

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Known Victory Claims - Herbert Ihlefeld
DATE	PILOT	UNIT	JG	CLAIMED	LOCATION	TIME	FRONT

21/02/1938	Uffz. Herbert Ihlefeld	2	J/88	Rata	-	-	Spanish Civil War
13/03/1938	Uffz. Herbert Ihlefeld	2	J/88	Curtiss	-	-	Spanish Civil War
11/05/1938	Uffz. Herbert Ihlefeld	2	J/88	Rata	-	-	Spanish Civil War
18/05/1938	Uffz. Herbert Ihlefeld	2	J/88	Rata	-	-	Spanish Civil War
02/06/1938	Uffz. Herbert Ihlefeld	2	J/88	SB-2	-	-	Spanish Civil War
25/06/1938	Fw. Herbert Ihlefeld	2	J/88	Rata	-	-	Spanish Civil War
12/07/1938	Fw. Herbert Ihlefeld	2	J/88	Curtiss	-	-	Spanish Civil War
15/07/1938	Fw. Herbert Ihlefeld	2	J/88	Curtiss	-	-	Spanish Civil War
15/07/1938	Fw. Herbert Ihlefeld	2	J/88	Curtiss	-	-	Spanish Civil War
29/05/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	Morane 406	Chauny	20.12	Western Front
30/06/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Blenheim	E. Aire	15.25	Western Front
30/06/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	W. Abbéville	15.3	Western Front
09/07/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	Themsemündung	17.04	Western Front
13/08/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Blenheim	Barham	17.1	Western Front
22/08/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	Dover	15.3	Western Front
22/08/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	Dover	15.35	Western Front
24/08/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	Dover	12.4	Western Front
24/08/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	London	16.55	Western Front
30/08/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	Biggin Hill	19.25	Western Front
31/08/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	Kenley	14	Western Front
02/09/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	Dungeness	14.25	Western Front
02/09/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	Sheerness	18.2	Western Front
05/09/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	London	11.1	Western Front
05/09/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	London	-	Western Front
06/09/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	London	10.1	Western Front
06/09/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	Ashford	17.55	Western Front
07/09/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	Rochester	18.2	Western Front
07/09/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	2.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	Maidstone	18.3	Western Front
15/09/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	I.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	London	15.3	Western Front
24/09/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	London	10.25	Western Front
27/09/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	London	10.1	Western Front
27/09/1940	Oblt. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	London	10.5	Western Front
17/01/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	PR Spitfire	NE Boulogne: 8500m	16	Western Front
10/02/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	E. Dover	13.24	Western Front
14/02/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	W. Dover	13.4	Western Front
14/02/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	W. Dover	13.48	Western Front
26/02/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	2km W. Calais-Marck	14.15	Western Front
01/03/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	10km W. Calais	17.15	Western Front
13/03/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	Kanalmitte	13.55	Western Front
19/03/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	10km E. Hastings	19.1	Western Front
19/03/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	10km E. Hastings	19.08	Western Front
26/03/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	Spitfire	Dungeness	12.3	Western Front
16/05/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	Hurricane	Malemes	16.5	Western Front
22/06/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	I-16 Rata	-	4.3	Eastern Front
23/06/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	SB-2	-	5.5	Eastern Front
26/06/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	I-16 Rata	-	9.1	Eastern Front
26/06/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	SB-2	-	9.2	Eastern Front
27/06/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	I-16 Rata	-	9.2	Eastern Front
02/07/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	I-16 Rata	-	16.07	Eastern Front
04/07/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	I-15	-	17.48	Eastern Front
06/07/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	I-16 Rata	-	18.5	Eastern Front
09/07/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	I-153	-	9.35	Eastern Front
10/07/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	I-15	-	13.17	Eastern Front
12/07/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	MiG-3	-	11.2	Eastern Front
15/10/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.(J)	LG 2	MiG-3	-	17.42	Eastern Front
08/12/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	LG 2	I-116	-	14.02	Eastern Front
09/12/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	LG 2	I-16 Rata	-	13	Eastern Front
11/12/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	LG 2	I-116	-	10.12	Eastern Front
11/12/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	LG 2	SB-3	-	10.15	Eastern Front
22/12/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	LG 2	MiG-3	-	10.05	Eastern Front
22/12/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	LG 2	I-15	-	13.25	Eastern Front
27/12/1941	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	LG 2	I-16 Rata	-	14	Eastern Front
05/01/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	LG 2	I-16 Rata	-	15	Eastern Front
19/01/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-16 Rata	-	15.15	Eastern Front
20/01/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77		-	-	Eastern Front
20/01/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77		-	-	Eastern Front
24/01/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-16 Rata	-	12.1	Eastern Front
24/01/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	SB-3	-	12.12	Eastern Front
24/01/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-16 Rata	-	12.1	Eastern Front
24/01/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	SB-3	-	12.12	Eastern Front
25/01/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	R-10	-	12.35	Eastern Front
25/01/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	R-10	-	12.35	Eastern Front
04/02/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	SB-2	-	12.5	Eastern Front
04/02/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	R-10	-	15.5	Eastern Front
04/02/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	SB-2	-	12.5	Eastern Front
04/02/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	R-10	-	15.5	Eastern Front
11/02/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-16 Rata	-	14	Eastern Front
11/02/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-16 Rata	-	14	Eastern Front
17/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-26	-	9	Eastern Front
20/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	R-15	-	16.25	Eastern Front
20/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-26	-	16.5	Eastern Front
21/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-16 Rata	-	17.09	Eastern Front
21/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-16 Rata	-	17.1	Eastern Front
24/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-16 Rata	-	7	Eastern Front
24/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-16 Rata	-	7.02	Eastern Front
24/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	R-10	-	13.38	Eastern Front
24/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	R-10	-	13.4	Eastern Front
24/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	Il-2	-	20.5	Eastern Front
27/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-301	-	17.05	Eastern Front
30/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-301	-	9.45	Eastern Front
30/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-301	-	9.45	Eastern Front
30/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	R-5	-	11.4	Eastern Front
30/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	R-10	-	11.42	Eastern Front
30/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	R-10	-	11.48	Eastern Front
30/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	R-10	-	11.5	Eastern Front
30/03/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	R-10	-	11.55	Eastern Front
06/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	R-5	-	15.1	Eastern Front
08/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-61	-	-	Eastern Front
19/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-301	-	9.11	Eastern Front
19/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-61	-	11.45	Eastern Front
19/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-301	-	11.45	Eastern Front
19/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-61	-	15.2	Eastern Front
20/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-61	-	8.1	Eastern Front
20/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-61	-	8.11	Eastern Front
20/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-61	-	8.12	Eastern Front
20/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-61	-	14.55	Eastern Front
20/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-61	-	14.56	Eastern Front
20/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-61	-	14.57	Eastern Front
21/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-61	-	17.1	Eastern Front
21/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-61	-	17.13	Eastern Front
22/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-301	-	-	Eastern Front
22/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-301	-	-	Eastern Front
22/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-301	-	12.35	Eastern Front
22/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-301	-	17.3	Eastern Front
23/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	LaGG-3	-	-	Eastern Front
25/04/1942	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab I.	JG 77	I-61	-	-	Eastern Front
13/11/1943	Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab	JGr. 25	P-38	S. Quakenbrück: 5000m	11.58	Western Front
08/05/1944	Oberstltn. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab	JG 1	B-17	ET-1: [bei Thedinghausen]	9.56	Western Front
08/05/1944	Oberstltn. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab	JG 1	B-17	ET-2: [bei Verden]	12	Western Front
12/07/1944	Obstltn. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab	JG 1	Spitfire	15 West S/TT-9: 5500m [Carpiquet]	19.03	Western Front
12/07/1944	Obstltn. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab	JG 1	Spitfire	15 West S/TT-9: 5000m [Carpiquet]	19.04	Western Front
12/07/1944	Obstltn. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab	JG 1	Spitfire	15 West S/TT-8: 5000m [Bayeux]	19.05	Western Front
14/07/1944	Obstltn. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab	JG 1	P-51	UU-1: 1200m [S. Caen]	19.17	Western Front
14/07/1944	Obstltn. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab	JG 1	Spitfire	UU-1: 1000m [S. Caen]	19.19	Western Front
18/07/1944	Obstltn. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab	JG 1	P-38	UC-15: tiefflug [Louviers]	9.55	Western Front
25/07/1944	Obstltn. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab	JG 1	Lancaster	TC-3: 3200m [20km ENE Rouen]	19.23	Western Front
25/07/1944	Obstltn. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab	JG 1	Spitfire	TC-3: 3000m [20km ENE Rouen]	19.3	Western Front
27/07/1944	Obstltn. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab	JG 1	P-51	UU-AU: 1500m [Caen-Lisieux]	7.27	Western Front
01/08/1944	Obstltn. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab	JG 1	P-51	-	-	Western Front
26/11/1944	Obstlt. Herbert Ihlefeld	Stab	JG 1	B-17	-	-	Western Front

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