▁with ▁his ▁Ab it ur ▁( di pl oma ) ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁with ▁distinction . ▁At ▁the ▁Nap ola ▁school ▁he ▁also ▁received ▁the ▁Reich ▁Youth ▁Sports ▁Bad ge ▁( ), ▁the ▁base - cert ificate ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Life ▁S aving ▁Association ▁( De utsch e ▁Lebens - R ett ungs - G es ellschaft ), ▁the ▁bronze ▁Hitler ▁Youth - Per formance ▁Bad ge ▁( H J - Le ist ungs ab zeich en ), ▁and ▁completed ▁his ▁B - lic ense ▁to ▁fly ▁gl ider ▁aircraft . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁Sch n au fer ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁two ▁students ▁posted ▁to ▁the ▁Nap ola ▁in ▁P ots dam . ▁The ▁F lying ▁Pl ato on ▁( F lie ger zug ) ▁station ed ▁in ▁P ots dam ▁central ised ▁all ▁the ▁dest ined ▁fly ers ▁from ▁all ▁the ▁Nap olas . ▁Here ▁he ▁learned ▁to ▁fly ▁gl ider ▁aircraft , ▁at ▁first ▁short ▁h ops ▁on ▁the ▁D FS ▁S G ▁ 3 8 ▁Schul gle iter , ▁and ▁later ▁on ▁the ▁two - se ater ▁Gö pping en ▁Gö ▁ 4 ▁which ▁was ▁to wed ▁by ▁a ▁K lem m ▁Kl ▁ 2 5 . ▁During ▁his ▁stay ▁at ▁P ots dam , ▁the ▁film ▁producer ▁Karl ▁Ritter ▁was ▁making ▁the ▁U fa ▁film ▁Cad ets ▁in ▁P ots dam . ▁The ▁Nap ola ▁had ▁det ached ▁two ▁companies ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁film , ▁among ▁them ▁Sch n au fer