article_snippet: May. Night pilot Schnaufer is one of only 27 men awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds.
article_snippet: Honoured: Luftwaffe ace Schnaufer (second left) recieves the Oak Leaves with Swords, Germany's highest military decoration at the time, from from Adolf Hitler.
article_snippet: Adolf Hitler is one of only 27 men who received the award .
article_snippet: Decorated: Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer .
article_snippet: Born in Calw, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer achieved Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer 100th aerial victory on 9 October 1944 and was awarded the Diamonds to Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords on 16 October.
article_snippet: Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer is one of only 27 men to have received the award, at the time Germany's highest military decoration.
article_snippet: By the end of the Second World War, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer's night fighter crew held the unique distinction that every member was decorated with his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.