Johannes "Hannes" Seifert was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and fighter ace during World War II.
17 Facts About Johannes Seifert
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Johannes Seifert is credited with 57 aerial victories achieved in 439 combat missions.
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Johannes Seifert joined the military service in the Luftwaffe and was trained as a fighter pilot.
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Johannes Seifert was killed in action in mid-air collision with a Lockheed P-38 Lightning on 25 November 1943 near Bethune, France.
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Johannes "Hannes" Seifert was born on 6 October 1915 at Pinneberg, Holstein.
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On 1 March 1940, Johannes Seifert was appointed Staffelkapitan of 3.
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Johannes Seifert claimed his first aerial victory on 10 May 1940 during the Battle of the Netherlands, as part of the Battle of France.
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The next day, Johannes Seifert succeeded Pingel in this capacity, a position he would hold for nearly two years.
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Johannes Seifert claimed his 19th victory against "Circus" No 82, in battle with 111 Squadron.
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The former claimed five Spitfires and the latter two; Johannes Seifert being one of those pilots.
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Johannes Seifert was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 7 June 1942 for 36 aerial victories.
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Later that day, Johannes Seifert claimed a Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber and two Il-2 ground-attack aircraft destroyed.
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That day, Johannes Seifert claimed a Pe-2 bomber destroyed, his 50th aerial victory.
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On 20 May 1943, Seifert had to leave his command of I Gruppe when transferred to a staff position with the Luftwaffe detachment of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium in Bulgaria.
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In defense of this attack, Johannes Seifert claimed an escorting Spitfire fighter from the No 308 Polish Fighter Squadron shot down.
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Gruppe from Rheine Airfield, Johannes Seifert claimed a B-17 shot down northeast of Rheine.
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Four days later, during the second Schweinfurt raid, Johannes Seifert shot down a B-17 bomber from the 305th Bombardment Group, which lost 13 of its 16 aircraft, near Maastricht.