Iro Ilk

[Leo Etgen]

Hi Teresa

Here is what little I have been able to find on this fellow. Unfortunately, there is not much on his career. I have also read that he had to perform an emergency landing near Plovdiv during the Balkan campaign on 7 April 1941 but I have no other information about this incident.

http://wikisend.com/download/518434/Ilk.zip

Horrido!

Leo

[Doug Stankey]

from our Officer Career Database (http://www.ww2.dk/lwoffz.html):

ILK, Iro. (DOB: 18.10.19 in Nassau/Hessen). (R, DKG). Fall 1938 joined the Luftwaffe as an Offiziersanwärter and attended LKS 10 Regensburg-Obertraubing. 20.04.40 promo to Lt. 01.41 trf to 3./LG 1. 1941-42 with LG 1. 02.04.42 Lt., I./LG 1 awarded the DKG. 18.04.42 Oblt. and pilot in 2./LG 1 WIA, Ju 88 A-4 (L1+CH) shot down 150 (300?) km N of Alexandria/Egypt but returned to unit. 15.08.42 Oblt., appt Staka 2./LG 1 (to 05.04.43). 21.10.42 Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, I./LG 1. 04.43 appt Staka 10./LG 1 (to 31.10.43). 23.08.43 Hptm., awarded Ehrenpokal. 01.09.43 promo to Hptm. 10.43 retrained on Bf 109. c.11.43 trf to JG 300. 20.01.44 Kdr. III./JG 300 WIA - shot down in combat with B-24s. 31.01.44 (or 03.44?) appt Kdr. III./JG 300. 20.02.44 Hptm., Stab I./JG 300. 24/25.03.44 Hptm., Stab III./JG 300. 23.04.44 Hptm., Stab III./JG 300. 20.06.44 Hptm., Stab III./JG 300 badly wounded by return fire - Bf 109 G-6 (<<) 70 km S of Griefswald. 01.07.44 promo to Maj. 09.44 having recovered, returned to action. 25.09.44 Hptm., Stab III./JG 300 KIA – Bf 109 G-14/AS (Black <<+ ) shot down by Spitfires near Moers/Ruhr. Credited with over 300 combat missions and 9 or 10 air victories (5 at night).


We hope that this helps ...

LdZ
DGS

[Teresa Maria]

Thank you very much for both your answers. In fact, I know the database and I consult it whenever I want to find some information about a Luftwaffe pilot. Indeed, he does not seem to have been well-known...

Still, maybe someone knows after all whether he was wounded in February 1943 and, if so, in what circumstances. :-)