 As "Geschwaderkommodore", Ihlefeld was ordered to Berlin on 22 January 1945 and attended the meeting with "Reichsmarschall" Hermann Göring which was later dubbed the Fighter Pilots' Mutiny.This was an attempt to reinstate "Generalleutnant" Adolf Galland as "General der Jagdflieger" who had been dismissed for outspokenness regarding the "Oberkommando der Luftwaffe" ("Luftwaffe" high command), and had been replaced by "Oberst" Gordon Gollob.The meeting was held at the "Haus der Flieger" in Berlin and was attended by a number of high-ranking fighter pilot leaders which included Ihlefeld, Günther Lützow, Hannes Trautloft, Hermann Graf, Gerhard Michalski, Helmut Bennemann, Kurt Bühligen and Erich Leie, and their antagonist Göring supported by his staff Bernd von Brauchitsch and Karl Koller.