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- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer abstract "Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (16 February 1922 – 15 July 1950) was a German Luftwaffe night fighter pilot and is the highest scoring night fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during combat. All of his 121 victories were claimed during World War II at night, mostly against British four-engine bombers, for which he was awarded the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten) on 16 October 1944, Germany's highest military decoration at the time. He was nicknamed \"The Spook of St. Trond\", from the location of his unit's base in occupied Belgium.Born in Calw, Schnaufer grew up in the Weimar Republic and Third Reich as the first of four children of Alfred Schnaufer and his wife Martha. The family owned and operated a winery business. Schnaufer, a good student and already a glider pilot at school, began military service in the Wehrmacht by joining the Luftwaffe in 1939. After training at various pilot and fighter-pilot schools, he was posted to Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1—1st Night Fighter Wing), operating on the Western Front, in November 1941. He flew his first combat sorties in support of Operation Cerberus, the breakout of the German ships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen from Brest. Schnaufer participated in the Defence of the Reich campaign from 1942 onwards, in which he would achieve most of his success. He claimed his first aerial victory on the night of 1/2 June 1942. As the war progressed, he accumulated further victories and he later became a squadron leader and group commander. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 31 December 1943 for reaching 42 aerial victories.Schnaufer achieved his 100th aerial victory on 9 October 1944 and was awarded the Diamonds to his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords on 16 October. He was appointed Geschwaderkommodore (wing commander) of Nachtjagdgeschwader 4 (NJG 4) on 4 November 1944. By the end of hostilities, Schnaufer's night fighter crew held the unique distinction that every member—radio operator and air gunner—was decorated with the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Schnaufer was taken prisoner of war by British forces in May 1945. After his release a year later, he returned to his home town and took over the family wine business. He sustained injuries in a road accident on 13 July 1950 during a wine-purchasing visit to France, and died in a Bordeaux hospital two days later.".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer award Knights_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer battle Battle_of_Berlin_(RAF_campaign).
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer battle Battle_of_the_Ruhr.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer battle Channel_Dash.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer battle Defence_of_the_Reich.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer battle World_War_II.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer militaryBranch Luftwaffe.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer militaryCommand "12./NJG 1, IV./NJG 1,NJG 4".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer militaryUnit Nachtjagdgeschwader_1.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer militaryUnit Nachtjagdgeschwader_4.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer restingPlace Calw.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer serviceStartYear "1939".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer thumbnail Balkenkreuz.svg?width=300.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageExternalLink www.heinzschnaufer.be.
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- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageRevisionID "706258584".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink 1st_Fighter_Corps_(Germany).
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink 405_Maritime_Patrol_Squadron.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink 408_Tactical_Helicopter_Squadron.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink 429_Transport_Squadron.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Aachen.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Aalborg.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Aarschot.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Abitur.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Ace_of_spades.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Achtmaal.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Adolf_Galland.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Aerial_warfare.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Aileron.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Air-sea_rescue.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Air_chief_marshal.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Air_commodore.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Air_gunner.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Air_offensive.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Air_supremacy.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Aircraft.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Alken,_Belgium.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Alsbach-Hähnlein.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Aluminium.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Amsterdam.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Amsterdam_Airport_Schiphol.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Antwerp.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Appendicitis.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Arado_Ar_66.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Arado_Ar_96.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Area_bombing_directive.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Armstrong_Whitworth_Whitley.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Arras.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Assen.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Aubel.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Australian_War_Memorial.
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- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Aviators_who_became_ace_in_a_day.
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- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Backnang.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Baelen.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Barsinghausen.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Berlin_(RAF_campaign).
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_the_Ruhr.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Battleship.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Beerse.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Belgium.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Bergen_Airport,_Flesland.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Berkel.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Bertolt_Brecht.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Beveren.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Boarding_school.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Bochum.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Bomber_stream.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Bombing_of_Cologne_in_World_War_II.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Bombing_of_Hamburg_in_World_War_II.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Bordeaux.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Boxtel.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Brecht,_Belgium.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Breda.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Bree,_Belgium.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Brest,_France.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Brigadier.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Bristol_Beaufighter.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Bristol_Blenheim.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Brussels.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Butt_Report.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Bücker_Bü_131.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Büdingen.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Cadets_(film).
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Calw.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Cambrai.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Cambrai-Niergnies_Airport.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Carinhall.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Category:1922_births.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Category:1950_deaths.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageWikiLink Category:German_World_War_II_flying_aces.