▁G ör ing ▁telling ▁him ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁awarded ▁the ▁Knight ' s ▁Cross ▁of ▁the ▁Iron ▁Cross ▁with ▁Oak ▁Le aves ▁and ▁S words ▁( ). ▁Hitler ▁himself ▁made ▁the ▁presentation . ▁It ▁is ▁said ▁that ▁when ▁he ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁presentation ▁his ▁first ▁words ▁were , ▁" Where ▁is ▁the ▁night ▁f ighter ?" ▁Short ly ▁following ▁the ▁presentation ▁of ▁the ▁Sch wer ter ▁both ▁R ump el hardt ▁and ▁G ä ns ler ▁received ▁the ▁Knight ' s ▁Cross ▁of ▁the ▁Iron ▁Cross ▁on ▁ 8 ▁August . ▁His ▁crew ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁night ▁f ighter ▁crew ▁in ▁the ▁entire ▁Luft wa ffe ▁of ▁which ▁all ▁crew ▁members ▁wore ▁this ▁decor ation . ▁ ▁In ▁early ▁September ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁N J G   1 ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁abandon ▁its ▁air fields ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁and ▁Belg ium . ▁Cont inu ous ▁heavy ▁attacks ▁by ▁R AF ▁and ▁USA AF ▁bom bers ▁and ▁st raf ing ▁by ▁Al lied ▁f ighter - b om bers ▁rendered ▁the ▁air fields ▁un su itable ▁for ▁operations . ▁On ▁ 2 ▁September , ▁VI ./ N J G   1 ▁re located ▁from ▁Sint - T ru iden ▁to ▁Dort mund - B rack el . ▁Sch n au fer ▁achieved ▁his ▁ 1 0 0 th ▁victory ▁on ▁ 9 ▁October ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁when ▁he ▁claimed ▁two ▁bom bers ▁shot ▁down ▁from ▁an ▁attack ▁force ▁of ▁ 4 1 5 ▁bom bers ▁target ing