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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 Knight's_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 birthDate "1922-02-16".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer birthPlace Calw.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer birthYear "1922".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer deathDate "1950-07-15".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer deathPlace Bordeaux.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer deathPlace French_Fourth_Republic.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer deathYear "1950".
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- 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".
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- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer wikiPageExternalLink www.heinzschnaufer.be.
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- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer alt "Black-and-white photograph showing an uniformed man wearing a pilot's leather jacket with fur collar, with an Iron Cross displayed at the front of his shirt collar.".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer awards "Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub, Schwerten und Brillanten".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer battles Battle_of_Berlin_(RAF_campaign).
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer battles Battle_of_the_Ruhr.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer battles Channel_Dash.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer battles Defence_of_the_Reich.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer battles World_War_II.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer before "Oberleutnant Wolfgang Thimmig".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer birthDate "1922-02-16".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer birthPlace Calw.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer birthPlace Free_People's_State_of_Württemberg.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer birthPlace Weimar_Republic.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer branch "18".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer caption "Heinz Schnaufer wearing the Diamonds to his Knight's Cross".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer commands "12".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer dateOfBirth "1922-02-16".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer dateOfDeath "1950-07-15".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer deathDate "1950-07-15".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer deathPlace Bordeaux.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer deathPlace French_Fourth_Republic.
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- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer hasPhotoCollection Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer.
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- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer laterwork "Wine business".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer name "Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer name "Schnaufer, Heinz-Wolfgang".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer nickname "Spook of Sint-Truiden".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer placeOfBirth "Calw, Germany".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer placeOfDeath "Bordeaux, France".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer placeofburial "Calw, Village Cemetery".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer quote ""Quality before Quantity."".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer rank Major.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer serviceyears "1939".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer shortDescription "German World War II fighter pilot".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer source "Heinz Schnaufer's business motto".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer title "Commander of Nachtjagdgeschwader 4".
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- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer description "German World War II fighter pilot".
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer subject Category:1922_births.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer subject Category:1950_deaths.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer subject Category:German_World_War_II_flying_aces.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer subject Category:Luftwaffe_pilots.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer subject Category:Military_personnel_referenced_in_the_Wehrmachtbericht.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer subject Category:People_from_Calw.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer subject Category:People_from_the_Free_People's_State_of_Württemberg.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer subject Category:Recipients_of_the_Gold_German_Cross.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer subject Category:Recipients_of_the_Knight's_Cross_with_Diamonds.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer subject Category:Road_accident_deaths_in_France.
- Heinz-Wolfgang_Schnaufer subject Category:World_War_II_prisoners_of_war_held_by_the_United_Kingdom.
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