SCHNAUFER, Heinz-Wolfgang
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Schnaufer, Heinz-Wolfgang Date of birth:  February 16th, 1922 (Calw/Württemberg, Germany) Date of death:  July 15th, 1950 (Bordeaux, France) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer achieved 121 night victories in 164 operational sorties.       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: June 2nd, 1942         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: October 19th, 1942         LUFTWAFFE EHRENPOKALE FÜR BESONDERE LEISTUNGEN IM LUFTKRIEG Awarded on: July 26th, 1943         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer) Unit: II. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Awarded on: August 16th, 1943 Details: Award 37/329.         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer) Unit: Staffelführer 12. / Nachtjagergeschwader 1 Awarded on: December 31st, 1943         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant) Unit: Kommandeur IV. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Awarded on: June 24th, 1944 Details: 507th Award.         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB UND SCHWERTERN Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Kommandeur IV. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Awarded on: July 30th, 1944 Details: 84th Award.         WEHRMACHTBERICHT Awarded on: October 10th, 1944         RITTERKREUZ, EICHENLAUB, SCHWERTERN UND BRILLANTEN Rank: Hauptmann (Captain) Unit: Kommandeur IV. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Awarded on: October 16th, 1944 Details: 21st Award.         FRONTFLUGSPANGE FUR NACHT-JAGER Details: In gold         VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SCHWARZ         GEMEINSAMES FLUGZEUGFUHRER-BEOBACHTER ABZEICHEN MIT BRILLIANTEN         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Wilco Vermeer, The Netherlands / Willi Schumacher Collection (Color photo) / Beyerlein sammlung (grave photo) Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001 - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X - Pilotenbunker.de - Feldgrau.com