article_snippet: Night pilot Schnaufer shot down the Allied aircraft - costing some 500 lives - on 164 operations between 1 June 1942 and 7 March 1945.
article_snippet: May. Night pilot Schnaufer shot down the Allied planes - costing some 500 lives - on 164 operations between 1 June 1942 and 7 March 1945.
article_snippet: his plane was finally shot down on March 30, 1945, but May. Night pilot Schnaufer was not on board.
article_snippet: Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer is considered the deadliest-ever fighter pilot - claiming more victories than the Red Baron.
article_snippet: Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer shot down 121 aircraft during the Second World War.
article_snippet: Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer was taken prisoner of war by British forces in May 1945.
highlights_snippet: Luftwaffe pilot Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer shot down 121 planes in WW2 .
  