conviction on 16 November 1950. Gasc was found guilty of not yielding the right of way, and his speed was considered too high. It was ruled that as a consequence of not observing the law, he involuntarily caused the death of Schnaufer. Schnaufer's Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4/U 8 was brought to England after the war. The aircraft was displayed in London's Hyde Park. The port-side vertical stabiliser of this twin tailed aircraft, tallying all his victories, is preserved at the Imperial War Museum in London. A fin from another Bf 110 flown by Schnaufer is at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The street "Heinz-Schnaufer-Straße" in Calw is named after him. Summary of career Aerial victory claims Schnaufer was the top-scoring night fighter pilot of World War II. He was credited with 121 aerial victories claimed in just 164 combat missions. His victory total includes 114 RAF four-engine bombers; arguably accounting for more RAF casualties than any other Luftwaffe fighter pilot and becoming the third highest Luftwaffe claimant against the Western Allied Air Forces. His flight book indicated 2,300 takeoffs and 1,133 flying hours. Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found documentation for 119 nocturnal aerial victory claims, plus three further unconfirmed claims. Until late 1944, Schnaufer documented his aerial victories with detailed geographical locations. After this date, he claimed his victories over territory occupied by the Allies, and his victories were logged in a Planquadrat (grid reference), for example "KP-IP". The grid map was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about . Awards Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe for Night Fighters in Gold Combined Pilots-Observation Badge Wound Badge in Black Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (2 June 1942) 1st Class (19 October 1942) Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe () on 26 July 1943 as Leutnant and pilot German Cross in Gold on 16 August 1943 as Oberleutnant in the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds Knight's Cross on 31 December 1943 as Oberleutnant and Staffelführer of 12./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 507th Oak Leaves on 24 June 1944 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 84th Swords on 30 July 1944 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 21st Diamonds on 16 October 1944 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1