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German Luftwaffe Ace Herbert Ihlefeld Signed Photo, Haupt. Herbert Ihlefeld photo card, signed in ink H IHLEFELD, war time signature, written on the dark area, a little hard to see, but is good and clean, one of the scarcer autographs of the Luftwaffe, nice uniform photo.
Spanish Civil War and World War II, a fighter ace credited with 132 enemy aircraft shot down in over 1,000 combat missions. He claimed nine 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
During the war kids were encouraged to collect signatures from Germany’s war heroes. The most wealthy purchased photo cards of the KC winner and other Third Reich personalities and sent them to be signed. Those not as wealthy would instead send slips of paper to KC winners to sign. In many cases the youth would then attach a photo from a paper or a magazine and put it in their collection