Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Seifert da kansa ya yi kira ga Adolf Galland, "Janar der Jagdflieger" (janar na sojojin soja) da kuma tsohon "Geschwaderkommodore" (shugaban sashin) na JG 26, don a sanya shi cikin aiki. A sakamakon haka, aikinsa tare da RLM ya ƙare kuma ya koma Faransa a watan Satumba na 1943 kuma an nada shi "Gruppenkommandeur" II. "Gruppe" na JG 26, ya maye gurbin "Hauptmann" Johannes Naumann a wannan matsayin. Naumann ya jagoranci II na ɗan gajeren lokaci. "Gruppe" bayan mutuwar tsohon kwamandansa "Major" Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland, ɗan'uwan Adolf Galland, a ranar 17 ga Agusta. Seifert ya dauki umurnin "Gruppe" a ranar 9 ga Satumba, sannan ya kasance a Beauvais-Tillé Airfield. A lokacin da aka tura shi zuwa II. "Gruppe", da yammacin Allies aka aiwatar da Operation Cockade, jerin magudi ayyukan rage Jamus matsa lamba a kan
ayyukan da aka yi a Sicily da kuma Soviets a Gabashin Gabas. Manufar da ke bayan Cockade ita ce ta tilasta Luftwaffe zuwa manyan yaƙe-yaƙe na iska tare da RAF da United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) VIII Bomber Command wanda zai ba Allies iska ta sama da Yammacin Turai. A matsayin wani ɓangare na wannan aikin, Martin B-26 Marauder masu jefa bam sun kai hari kan Beauvais <unk> Tillé Airfield a ranar 23 ga Satumba. A cikin kare wannan harin, Seifert ya yi ikirarin cewa an harbe wani jirgin saman Spitfire daga jirgin saman Polish Fighter Squadron mai lamba 308.