SEILER, Reinhard
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Seiler, Reinhard Date of birth:  August 30th, 1909 (Rawitsch/Posen, Germany) Date of death:  October 6th, 1989 (Kulmbach/Bavaria, Germany) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Reinhard Seiler achieved 109 victories in over 480 operational sorties. During the SPanish Civil War he achieved 9 victories. Seiler was Kommandeur of the I. / Jagdgeschwader 54 from APril 15th 1943 till July 6th 1943.       SPANIENKREUZ, GOLD MIT SCHWERTERN UND BRILLIANTEN Rank: Oberleutnant Awarded on: June 6th, 1939         EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: January 20th, 1940         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: July 30th, 1940         LUFTWAFFE EHRENPOKALE FÜR BESONDERE LEISTUNGEN IM LUFTKRIEG Awarded on: August 20th, 1941         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Hauptmann Unit: I. / Jagdgeschwader 54 Awarded on: October 15th, 1941 Details: Award 1/14         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Hauptmann Unit: Kommandeur III. / Jagdgeschwader 54 Awarded on: December 20th, 1941 Details: 386th Award         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: June 19th, 1942         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Major Unit: Kommandeur I. / Jagdgeschwader 54 Awarded on: March 4th, 1944 Details: 419th Award         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001 - Kurowski F., Oberleutnant Otto Kittel, Der erfolgreichste Jagdflieger des Jagdgeschwaders 54, Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg, 2007 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001