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...
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(1855–1939), psychiatrist Rudolf Schlichter (1890–1955), painter Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (1922–1950), Luftwaffe night fighter pilot of World War II Ulrich Rülein...
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Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer were arrested illegally crossing the German-Swiss border attempting an escape to Argentina. Both Greiner and Schnaufer were detained...
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20 April 1943. Heinz Marquardt Germany Luftwaffe 121 Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Germany Luftwaffe 121 Top night fighter ace. Ace in a day Robert Weiß...
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Hermann Graf (24 October 1912 – 4 November 1988) was a German Luftwaffe World War II fighter ace. He served on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. He...
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claimed thirteen aerial victories on a single mission Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, most successful night fighter pilot in aviation history Paul Semrau,...
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their combat careers and the top night fighter ace, Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, flew it exclusively and claimed 121 victories in 164 sorties. In addition...
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airfield at Forus, making a short-term landing at Bergen-Herdla. In total, Schnaufer made two operational flights without contact with the enemy. Following...
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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...
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August 1943 – 1 March 1944 Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, 1 March 1944 – 26 October 1944 Hauptmann Hermann Greiner, 1 November 1944 – 8 May 1945 Aders 1978...
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night fighter flying aces with 30+ aerial claims 100+ Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (121) Helmut Lent (102) 80–99 Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (83)...
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night-fighter pilots to be awarded the decoration. The second was Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, who, with 121 aerial victories, became aviation history's leading night-fighter...
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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Sa–Schr) (redirect from Hermann-Albert Schrader)
Force Staff Office Nomination Recommendation) Nr. 1575 to the adjutancy of Hermann Göring. The nomination was never finalized and remained pending at the...
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Luftwaffe (category Hermann Göring)
total of 78). The most successful night-fighter pilot, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, is credited with 121 kills. 103 German fighter pilots shot down more...
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Revolt late in the war, when several senior air force officers confronted Hermann Göring. Steinhoff joined the West German government's Rearmament Office...
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Martin Bormann, Hitler's deputy and Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, Hermann Göring, head of the SS, Heinrich Himmler and Reich Minister of Propaganda...
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August 1944, he claimed a further thirteen shot down. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer: although claiming only nine aircraft shot down, he destroyed ten RAF...
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Ihlefeld (123) Wolfgang Tonne (122) Heinz Marquardt (121) Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (121) Robert Weiß (121) Friedrich Obleser (120) Erich Leie (118) Franz-Josef...
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Ihlefeld (123) Wolfgang Tonne (122) Heinz Marquardt (121) Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (121) Robert Weiß (121) Friedrich Obleser (120) Erich Leie (118) Franz-Josef...
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sentenced to death by the Germans for beating Mölders, Mölders approached Hermann Göring and requested clemency, which was granted. Kurt Braatz, author of...
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victories claimed Total wartime victories claimed Unit Notes Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Major 121/119 0 121 NJG 1, NJG 4 Nicknamed "The Spook of St. Trond", Helmut...
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Lützow's role in the "Fighter Pilots Revolt" was considered mutiny by Hermann Göring, who exiled Lützow to Italy. In April 1945, he joined Galland's...
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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, Rökker...
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present-day Samara, taking his total to 200 aerial victories. Following Hermann Graf and Hans Philipp, Rall was the third fighter pilot to reach the double...
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Stephen Ritchie Shahram Rostami Indra Lal Roy Saburo Sakai Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon Alexandru Șerbănescu Yadollah Sharifirad Hiromichi...
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Ihlefeld (123) Wolfgang Tonne (122) Heinz Marquardt (121) Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (121) Robert Weiß (121) Friedrich Obleser (120) Erich Leie (118) Franz-Josef...
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Hauptmann Wolfgang Lippert, the presentation was made by Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, at his residence Carinhall...
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1944, he briefly acted as commander of JG 11, replacing Oberstleutnant Hermann Graf who had been wounded in combat on 29 March. On 15 April 1944, Hackl...
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night fighter flying aces with 30+ aerial claims 100+ Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (121) Helmut Lent (102) 80–99 Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (83)...
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Over the ensuing years, Galland's disagreements with Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring about how best to combat the Allied Air Forces bombing of Germany...
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