Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (16 February 1922 – 15 July 1950) was a German Luftwaffe night-fighter pilot and the highest-scoring night fighter ace in the...

Schnaufer or Schnauffer is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: David Schnaufer (1952–2006), American folk musician Heinz-Wolfgang...

during their combat careers and the top night fighter ace, Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, flew it exclusively and claimed 121 victories in 164 sorties....

officers included Oberstleutnant Wolfgang Thimmig (October 1943 – November 1944) and Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (20 November 1944 – 8 May 1945). Major...

He participated in 100 aerial victories as a crewman with Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer from October 1942 until the end of the war. Rumpelhardt was the...

combat careers, and the top night fighter ace of all time, Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, flew it exclusively and claimed 121 victories in 164 combat missions...

him on a stretcher and placed him on a truck. When Hartmann's Crew Chief, Heinz Mertens, heard what had happened, he took a rifle and went to search for...

night-fighter pilots to be awarded the decoration. The second was Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, who, with 121 aerial victories, became aviation history's leading...

of the Luftwaffe pilots based at Koksijde who was involved was Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, who eventually became the highest-scoring night fighter ace in...

(1855–1939), psychiatrist Rudolf Schlichter (1890–1955), painter Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (1922–1950), Luftwaffe night fighter pilot of World War II Ulrich...

friend Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer were arrested illegally crossing the German-Swiss border attempting an escape to Argentina. Both Greiner and Schnaufer were...

and on 31 August 1944, he claimed a further thirteen shot down. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer: although claiming only nine aircraft shot down, he destroyed ten...

Wolf-Udo Ettel (124) Herbert Ihlefeld (123) Wolfgang Tonne (122) Heinz Marquardt (121) Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (121) Robert Weiß (121) Friedrich Obleser...

USAAF (of a total of 78). The most successful night-fighter pilot, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, is credited with 121 kills. 103 German fighter pilots shot down...

Hans-Joachim Marseille (158 kills) and Heinz Bär (208 kills, of which 124 in the west). Notable are also Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, with 121 kills the highest-scoring...

Giora Epstein Günther Rall Hans-Joachim Marseille Heinrich Bär Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Hermann Göring Hiromichi Shinohara Hiroyoshi Nishizawa Ivan Kozhedub...

Wolfgang Tonne †  Germany Luftwaffe 122 Killed in flying accident on 20 April 1943. Heinz Marquardt  Germany Luftwaffe 121 Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer  Germany...

September 1944 Awarded the Swords simultaneously with the Diamonds. 21 Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Luftwaffe 14-LHauptmann Gruppenkommandeur of the IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader...

This was offset by the loss of II. Gruppe's 173-victory ace Oberleutnant Heinz Schmidt. The two Lavochkin La-5s shot down by Barkhorn were his 165th and...

German-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1981) 1922 – Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German soldier and pilot (d. 1950) 1923 – Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli...

Statistical Analysis. Oxon: Frank Cass. ISBN 978-0-9721060-4-7. Frieser, Karl-Heinz; Schmider, Klaus; Schönherr, Klaus; Schreiber, Gerhard; Ungváry, Kristián;...

(squadron leader) of 1. Staffel of JG 54 on 25 October, replacing Oberleutnant Heinz Lange who was transferred. In January 1943, JG 54 started converting to...

of 11./NJG 1, where he would become friends with Helmut Lent, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Günther Radusch and Martin Drewes. By the end of the year he had...

Jena, DE: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. Schmidt, Wolfgang (2011). Hammerich, Helmut R.; Schlaffer, Rudolf J. (eds.). Militärische...

Wolf-Udo Ettel (124) Herbert Ihlefeld (123) Wolfgang Tonne (122) Heinz Marquardt (121) Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (121) Robert Weiß (121) Friedrich Obleser...

here in 1944. The highest scoring German night fighter pilot, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (121 air victories, most of them at night) was referred to as "The...

Schalk, Günther Lützow, Walter Oesau, Joachim Müncheberg, Adolf Galland, Wolfgang Falck, Herbert Kaminski and Karl-Gottfried Nordmann. Mölders was buried...

aircraft and Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, who shot down 121 enemy aircraft. Lent mostly flew in the Bf 110 (and variants of the Ju 88), while Schnaufer flew the...

and the Mittelland Canal, 26 of which were credited to Rökker, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Günther Bahr and Johannes Hager. On the night of the 3/4 March...

Leutnant 7 LG 2, SG 1 Hans Schmoller-Haldy Hauptmann 12 JG 54 Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Major 121/119 NJG 1, NJG 4 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords...