 Ihlefeld died on 8 August 1995 in Wennigsen, Lower Saxony.His ashes were buried on the urn field near the chapel on the old cemetery in Kirchheim unter Teck, Baden-Württemberg.Matthews and Foreman, authors of "Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims", researched the German Federal Archives and found documentation for 122 aerial victory claims, plus five further unconfirmed claims.