Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Seifert pachake akakumbira Adolf Galland, "General der Jagdflieger" (general of the fighter force) uye aimbova "Geschwaderkommodore" (wing commander) weJG 26, kuti aendeswe kubasa. Somugumisiro, basa rake neRLM rakapera uye akadzokera kuFrance munaSeptember 1943 uye akagadzwa "Gruppenkommandeur" II. "Gruppe" weJG 26, achitsiva "Hauptmann" Johannes Naumann muchiitiko ichi. Naumann akanga atungamirira II kwenguva pfupi. "Gruppe" zvichitevera kufa kwemutungamiri wayo wekare "Major" Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland, mukoma waAdolf Galland, musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu. Seifert akatora murairo we "Gruppe" musi wa 9 Gunyana, ipapo yakavakirwa paBeauvais-Tillé Airfield. Panguva yokuendeswa kwake kuII. "Gruppe", maAllies okuMadokero akanga achiita Operation Cockade, nhevedzano yemabasa okunyengera kuderedza dzvinyiriro yeGermany pa
mabasa muSicily uye pamusoro peSoviets paEastern Front. Pfungwa iri shure kweCockade yaive yekumanikidza Luftwaffe muhondo huru dzemuchadenga neRAF neUnited States Army Air Forces (USAAF) VIII Bomber Command iyo yaizopa maAllies kukwirira kwemhepo pamusoro peWestern Europe. Sechikamu chebasa iri, Martin B-26 Marauder mabhomba akarwisa Beauvais<unk>Tillé Airfield musi wa 23 Gunyana. Achidzivirira kurwisa uku, Seifert akataura kuti Spitfire yaiperekedza kubva kuNo. 308 Polish Fighter Squadron yakapfurwa.