(1909-08-30)30 August 1909 Rawitsch, Province of Posen
Died
6 October 1989(1989-10-06) (aged 80) Grafengehaig, Bavaria
Allegiance
Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Luftwaffe
Years of service
1935–1945
Rank
Major (major)
Unit
Condor Legion, JG 54, JG 104
Commands held
I./JG 54, JG 104
Battles/wars
See battles
Spanish Civil War
World War II
Battle of France
Eastern Front
Operation Barbarossa
Siege of Leningrad
Battle of Kursk
Defence of the Reich
Awards
Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords and Diamonds Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Reinhard Seiler (30 August 1909 – 6 October 1989) was a Nazi German Luftwaffe Major and ace of the Spanish Civil War and World War II, commander of Jagdgeschwader 104 and a winner of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves; for the fighter pilots, it was a quantifiable measure of skill and combat success. Reinhard Seiler was credited with 100 victories during World War II, over the course of about 500 combat missions. He recorded an additional 9 victories during the Spanish Civil War.
ReinhardSeiler (30 August 1909 – 6 October 1989) was a Nazi German Luftwaffe Major and ace of the Spanish Civil War and World War II, commander of Jagdgeschwader...
director Paul Seiler (1945–2001), American football player ReinhardSeiler (1909–1989), German Luftwaffe pilot Robert Eldridge Seiler (1912–1998), American...
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the Führerhauptquartier they joined Kurt Bühligen, Horst Ademeit, ReinhardSeiler, Hans-Joachim Jabs, Dr. Maximilian Otte, Bernhard Jope and Hansgeorg...
1942 Hauptmann Hans Philipp, 17 February 1942 – 1 April 1943 Major ReinhardSeiler, 15 April 1943 – 6 July 1943 Major Gerhard Homuth, 1 August 1943 –...
space of time. One, slightly damaged, may have been flown by leutnant ReinhardSeiler of Jagdgeschwader 54. A second machine from I./JG 54 was damaged from...
Schmidt (Major) Herbert Schob Georg-Wilhelm Schulz Hans Seidemann ReinhardSeiler* Karl Smidt Hugo Sperrle* Albert Stecken Alois Stoeckl Wilhelm Ritter...
transferred and temporarily replaced by Hauptmann Gerhard Koall until Major ReinhardSeiler took command on 1 May. In early July, I. Gruppe of JG 54 was ordered...
Robert Poulet, 96, Belgian writer, literary critic and journalist. ReinhardSeiler, 80, Nazi German Luftwaffe Major and ace. Keith Elliott, 73, New Zealand...
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and Johannes Wiese. Also present were Kurt Bühligen, Horst Ademeit, ReinhardSeiler, Hans-Joachim Jabs, Dr. Maximilian Otte, Bernhard Jope and Hansgeorg...
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Josef Priller (101) Ulrich Wernitz (101) Paul-Heinrich Dähne (100) ReinhardSeiler (100) List of German World War II aces List of top World War II aces...
Josef Priller (101) Ulrich Wernitz (101) Paul-Heinrich Dähne (100) ReinhardSeiler (100) List of German World War II aces List of top World War II aces...
who had temporarily led the Gruppe after its former commander Major ReinhardSeiler had been wounded in combat on 6 July. At the time, I. Gruppe was based...
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