Hi guys!
The info we have is ambiguous on this point. Here is all we have on this guy:
SEIFERT, Johannes.
(Date of Birth: 06.10.15 in Pinneberg/Holstein).
Nickname: “Hannes”.
24.11.37 Lt. at FFS C Celle (later FFS C 7).
09.39 with a Zerstörer unit. –this is from the website
www.luftwaffe.cz
01.03.40 Hptm., appt Staka 3./JG 26 (to 10.07.41).
11.07.41 Maj., appt Kdr. I./JG 26 (to 31.05.43).
01.01.42 Kdr. I./JG 26 (to at least 31.12.42).
25.02.42 Hptm., awarded DKG, I./JG 26.
07.06.42 Hptm., awarded Ritterkreuz, Kdr. I./JG 26. 06.43 trf to the Führerreserve (to 09.43).
01.06.43 Major, appt to a position on the staff of the German mission to Bulgaria.
09.09.43 Obstlt., appt Kdr. II./JG 26 (to 25.11.43).
25.11.43 KIA – collided with a P-38 Lightning that he had just shot down near Bethune.
(n.d.) posthumously promo to Obstlt.
Credited with 439 combat missions and 57 air victories.
Good luck.
Larry deZeng IV
Doug Stankey