Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions. ETD

"He always talked about his mission on 8 May 44. It was aboard B-17 42-97530 known as Quittin Time'. The mission to Berlin. The oxygen ran out, had to leave formation; e/a shot out #2 engine and both gas tanks in left wing, BT & TG shot a Me109 each, lost another eng & radio, 5 spars cut and 67 holes. Landed at RAF base where upon touching down one of the wings pretty much broke off. Received first DFC for this mission. It was on this day that the plane he named "Jeanne Ricky" (called Gin Ricky by the men) was shot down. His navigator, Clem Irons, was being tested for lead navigator on that mission so the rest of the crew was assigned to a different AC. Clem and the test crew were shot down and became POWs."

Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (4OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.

Service

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	Brooklyn, NY	7 July 1919
Son of Frederick H Snr and Louise [Meyer] Ihlenburg.
Enlisted	Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, NY	3 July 1942
Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, New York
Based	Great Ashfield	1944 – 1944
Assigned to 548BS, 385BG, 8AF USAAF. 35 x combat missions.
Died	Portland, OR, USA	4 April 2001
Buried	Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, OR	9 April 2001
Willamette National Cemetery Portland, Multnomah County, OR Section 6A Site 408