# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herbert-ihlefeld
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:44:31.533Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herbert-ihlefeld"
name: "Herbert Ihlefeld"
slug: "herbert-ihlefeld"
description: "Herbert Ihlefeld 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."
tagline: "German World War II fighter pilot (1914–1995)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Herbert_Ihlefeld.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1914-06-01"
deathDate: "1995-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.19
  momentum:             0.77
  historical:           9.172105333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%86%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4"
    title: "Герберт Ілефельд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF"
    title: "هيربيرت ايهليفيلد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Ihlefeld"
    title: "Herbert Ihlefeld"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Ihlefeld"
    title: "Herbert Ihlefeld"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Ihlefeld"
    title: "Herbert Ihlefeld"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Ihlefeld"
    title: "Herbert Ihlefeld"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Ihlefeld"
    title: "Herbert Ihlefeld"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%AB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88"
    title: "ヘルベルト・イーレフェルト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Ihlefeld"
    title: "Herbert Ihlefeld"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Илефельд, Герберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72917"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump