Reinhold Hoffmann was born on 9 August 1921 at Petersdorf in the Hirschberg region of Risengebirge. Hoffmann was posted to JG 54 based on the Eastern front at the beginning of 1942. Unteroffizier Hoffmann was assigned to 3./JG 54. He recorded his first victory on 27 July, when he shot down a Russian Yak-1 fighter. Victories came slowly with Hoffmann adding only one further victory in 1942. On 13 July 1943, he claimed three Russian Boston twin-engine bombers shot down to record his sixth through eighth victories. Hoffmann calimed three Russian Il-2 Sturmovik ground-attack aircraft shot down on 16 July (9-11). He recorded his 20th victory on 21 August. In 18 days from 20 October, Hoffmann claimed 27 victories, including seven enemy aircraft shot down on 21 October (33-39), eight on 22 October (40-47) and a further eight on 3 November (50-57). In spring 1944, Hoffmann was transferred to 9./JG 54 on Reichsverteidigung duties. He had 64 victories to his credit at this time. He quickly added three USAAF four-engine bombers to his tally. On 24 May 1944, Hoffmann attempted an emergency landing at Friesack following aerial combat. His Fw 190 A-8 (W.Nr. 680 184) “Yellow 3” crashed killing the pilot. Hoffmann was posthumously awarded the Ritterkreuz on 28 January 1945.
    Reinhold Hoffmann was credited with 67 victories. He recorded 64 victories over the Eastern front, including 23 Il-2 Sturmoviks. All three victories he claimed over the Western front were four-engine bombers. Additionally he claimed a number of tanks destroyed on the ground.
 

No	Date	Time	A/c Type	Unit	Location
1	27.7.1942	19:05	Yak-1	5./JG 54	SE Pola
2	22.8.1942	6:11	Il-2	5./JG 54	54 431
3	21.3.1943	8:40	Yak-1	5./JG 54	00 272
4	30.5.1943	20:04	P-40	5./JG 54	10 122
5	12.7.1943	16:25	LaGG-3	5./JG 54	74 754
6	13.7.1943	12:52	Boston	5./JG 54	63 254
7	13.7.1943	12:53	Boston	5./JG 54	63 291
8	13.7.1943	12:56	Boston	5./JG 54	73 172
9	16.7.1943	11:30	Il-2	5./JG 54	64 853
10	16.7.1943	11:37	Il-2	5./JG 54	64 894
11	16.7.1943	11:42	Il-2	5./JG 54	74 743
12	22.7.1943	18:25	Il-2	5./JG 54	63 112
13	22.7.1943	18:35	LaGG-3	5./JG 54	63 162
14	2.8.1943	9:00	Yak-7	5./JG 54	00 261
15	2.8.1943	12:58	LaGG-3	5./JG 54	10 253
16	9.8.1943	16:01	LaGG-3	5./JG 54	54 583
17	9.8.1943	16:02	LaGG-3	5./JG 54	54 582
18	11.8.1943	18:32	LaGG-3	5./JG 54	45 762
19	17.8.1943	4:50	Il-2	5./JG 54	53 253
20	21.8.1943	16:45	Il-2	5./JG 54	43 784
21	23.8.1943	7:11	Boston	5./JG 54	44 413
22	23.8.1943	7:14	Boston	5./JG 54	44 283
23	24.8.1943	7:04	DB-3F	5./JG 54	44 523
24	26.8.1943	16:25	Boston	5./JG 54	43 884
25	1.9.1943	18:01	Il-2	5./JG 54	25 462
26	1.9.1943	18:07	Il-2	5./JG 54	35 343
27	6.9.1943	6:00	Yak-9	5./JG 54	26 734
28	6.9.1943	9:50	Yak-9	5./JG 54	26 841
29	7.9.1943	17:31	LaGG-5	5./JG 54	44 252
30	8.9.1943	11:35	Yak-9	5./JG 54	44 16
31	14.9.1943	16:07	Il-2	5./JG 54	26 642
32	20.10.1943	15:48	Yak-7	5./JG 54	N Kiev
33	21.10.1943	12:09	Yak-7	5./JG 54	E Chodorov
34	21.10.1943	12:15	Yak-9	5./JG 54	S Yachniki
35	21.10.1943	14:50	La-5	5./JG 54	E Kargalnik
36	21.10.1943	15:00	Yak-7	5./JG 54	WSW Yeu
37	21.10.1943	15:03	Il-2	5./JG 54	WSW Yeu
38	21.10.1943	15:04	Il-2	5./JG 54	NE Yeu
39	21.10.1943	15:06	Il-2	5./JG 54	S Grushevo
40	22.10.1943	6:19	La-5	5./JG 54	S Dalyevka
41	22.10.1943	9:14	Il-2	5./JG 54	SSE Kussinoye
42	22.10.1943	9:15	Il-2	5./JG 54	N Yeh
43	22.10.1943	9:17	Il-2	5./JG 54	W Schtschutschinka
44	22.10.1943	9:21	Il-2	5./JG 54	E Rzhyshchiv
45	22.10.1943	12:08	La-5	5./JG 54	E Romashki
46	22.10.1943	12:11	Yak-7	5./JG 54	N Chodorov
47	22.10.1943	12:14	Yak-7	5./JG 54	N Chodorov
48	24.10.1943	12:45	Yak-9	5./JG 54	S Trakhtemirov
49	2.11.1943	15:07	Yak-9	5./JG 54	E Lyutezh
50	3.11.1943	9:15	Il-2	5./JG 54	E Glebovka
51	3.11.1943	11:09	Yak-7	5./JG 54	S Vyshgorod
52	3.11.1943	11:13	Yak-9	5./JG 54	SE Vyshgorod
53	3.11.1943	12:25	Il-2	5./JG 54	E Valki
54	3.11.1943	12:28	Il-2	5./JG 54	ESE Lyutezh
55	3.11.1943	12:40	Yak-9	5./JG 54	W Vyshgorod
56	3.11.1943	14:38	Yak-9	5./JG 54	W Valki
57	3.11.1943	14:49	Yak-9	5./JG 54	SE Lyutezh
58	6.11.1943	7:55	Yak-7	5./JG 54	S Lyutezh
59	6.4.1944	8:00	Yak-9	5./JG 54	88 364
60	8.4.1944	10:00	Yak-9	5./JG 54	88 883
61	17.4.1944	6:53	Il-2	5./JG 54	88 842
62	17.4.1944	6:55	Il-2	5./JG 54	88 853
63	17.4.1944	6:59	Il-2	5./JG 54	88 854
64	21.4.1944	11:23	La-5	5./JG 54	70 644
65	19.5.1944	13:15	B-24	4./JG 54	Area S Wittingen
66	19.5.1944	13:18	B-24	4./JG 54	Nienburg
67	19.5.1944	13:21	B-24	4./JG 54	S Wittingen

Victories : 67
Awards : Ehrenpokal (29 September 1943)
                Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (14 November 1943)
                Ritterkreuz (28 January 1945)
Units : JG 54