German soldier and pilot (died 1950)

Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer

Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer was a German Luftwaffe night-fighter pilot and the highest-scoring night fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. A flying ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during combat. All Schnaufer's 121 victories were claimed during World War II, mostly against British four-engine bombers, for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, Germany's highest military decoration at the time, on 16 October 1944. He was nicknamed "The Spook of St.

Born

1922

February 16

Died

Living

Era

1920s

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Heinz-Wolfgang, in brief

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Key dates

1922 Born

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The world in 1922

When Heinz-Wolfgang arrived

april 1 In newly formed Northern Ireland, six Catholics are murdered in the Arnon Street killings, one week after six others were killed in the McMahon killings.
april 15 U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
april 16 The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
april 20 The Soviet government creates the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian SSR.

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Alvin Dark 1922–2014 American baseball player and manager (died 2014) Barbara Bel Geddes 1922–2005 American actress (born 1922) Bill Johnston 1922– Australian cricketer and businessman (died 2007) Cecil H. Underwood 1922–2008 American educator and politician, 25th Governor of West Virginia (born 1922) Charles Mingus 1922–1979 American bassist, composer, and bandleader (died 1979) Christiaan Barnard 1922–2001 South African surgeon and academic (died 2001) Denholm Elliott 1922–1992 English-Spanish actor (died 1992) Enrico Berlinguer 1922–1984 Italian politician (born 1922) Erich Hartmann 1922–1993 German colonel and pilot (died 1993)

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