Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I karanga a Seifert ki a Adolf Galland, te "General der Jagdflieger" (te rangatira o te ope whawhai) me tana "Geschwaderkommodore" o mua (kaiwhakahaere parirau) o JG 26, kia whakauruhia ki te mahi. I te mutunga, ka mutu tana haerenga ki te RLM ka hoki ia ki Parani i te Mahuru 1943 ka tohua hei "Gruppenkommandeur" II. Ko "Gruppe" o JG 26, e whakakapi ana i a "Hauptmann" Johannes Naumann i roto i tenei kaha. Na Naumann i whakahaere poto i te II. "Gruppe" whai muri i te matenga o tona rangatira o mua "Major" Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland, teina o Adolf Galland, i te 17 o Akuhata. I riro a Seifert i te "Gruppe" i te 9 o Hepetema, i te wa i Beauvais <unk> Tillé Airfield. I te wā i tukuna ai ia ki II. Ko te "Gruppe", ko nga Tauiwi o te Hauauru e whakahaere ana i te Operation Cockade, he raupapa o nga mahi tinihanga hei whakaiti i te pehanga a Tiamana ki
ngā mahi i roto i te Sicily me i runga i te Soviets i runga i te Eastern Front. Ko te whakaaro i muri i te Cockade ko te akiaki i te Luftwaffe ki nga pakanga rererangi nui me te RAF me te United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) VIII Bomber Command e hoatu ana ki nga Allies te kaha o te rangi ki te Hauauru o Uropi. Hei waahanga o tenei mahi, i whakaekehia e nga kaipatu Martin B-26 Marauder a Beauvais <unk> Tillé Airfield i te 23 o Hepetema. I roto i te parenga o tenei whakaeke, i kii a Seifert i tetahi kaiwhaiwhai Spitfire mai i te No. 308 Polish Fighter Squadron i patua.