Seiffert, Heinz (Kampfgeschwader 3)

Date of birth:: December 18th, 1920 (Krietern/Breslau, Germany)
Date of death:: January 23rd, 1945 (Kloosterhaar, Netherlands)
Buried on:: German War Cemetery Ysselsteyn
Plot: Q. Row: 2. Grave: 32.
Nationality:: German

Biography

00.11.1939: entered the Luftwaffe as an officer candidate
00.04.1941: promoted to Leutnant
00.05.1941: 2./ KG 3
14.02.1942: Lt., awarded DKiG, 2./ KG 3
05.10.1942: Lt., awarded the Ehrenpokal
01.07.1943: in KG 3, promoted to Oberleutnant
00.07.1943: Staka 3./ KG 3
31.12.1943: Oblt. and Staka 3./KG 3, awarded the Ritterkreuz for destroying 37 tanks, 132 trucks, 77 railway cars, 7 AA positions and 2 railway bridges
00.09.1944: transferred to the Jagdwaffe and later assigned to 12./ JG 54
00.11.1944: Staka 12./ JG 54
00.01.1945-23.01.1945: Oblt., in IV./ JG 54
05.01.1945-23.01.1945: Oblt., Staka 11./ JG 54
23.01.1945: Oblt., 11./ JG 54, KIA – when his Fw 190 D-9 coded 'Yellow 1' was shot down by 3 Spitfires over Rheine - bailed out at 100 m near Kloosterhaar, Holland severely injured - died en route to hospital
Credited with destroying 37 tanks and two major bridges in about 350 missions

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:: Staffelkapitän, 3. Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 3
Awarded on:: December 31st, 1943

Awarded in recognition of his successes on the Eastern front, which included the following Soviet materiel destroyed...

- 37 tanks
- 132 trucks
- 77 rail cars
- 7 Flak positions
- 2 railway bridges.