article_snippet: The bullet-ridden section of the Messerschmitt is covered with stencil paintings of the 121 British and Commonwealth aircraft shot down by Luftwaffe pilot Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer.
article_snippet: The bullet-ridden section of the Messerschmitt was discovered by a military-air historian in the 1960s, who spotted the unique artifact being used to patch up a roof in the village of Hillegossen, Germany.
article_snippet: Deadly aim: The bullet-ridden section of the Messerschmitt (right) is covered with stencil paintings of the 121 British and Commonwealth aircraft shot down by Luftwaffe pilot Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (left) Targets:
article_snippet: Above, a Messerschmitt similar to the one flown by Schnaufer .
article_snippet: It just happens to be a German aircraft.
highlights_snippet: Historian spotted artifact patching up roof in German village in the 1970s .
  