Karl-Heinz Scherfling was born on 6 September 1918 at Gelsenkirchen in Ruhrgebiet. Scherfling was posted to 7./NJG 1 at the end of 1940. He recorded his first victory on the night of 31 March/1 April 1941, when he shot down a RAF Wellington twin-engine bomber near Groningen. On the night of 9/10 April, he recorded his second, and the Nachtjagd’s first, victory over a four-engine bomber when he shot down a RAF Stirling near Lingen. In spring 1942, Scherfling transferred to 5./NJG 2. By the end of 1942, he had increased his victory total to six. On 1 October, 5./NJG 2 was redesignated 10./NJG 1. On the night of 23/24 May 1943, Scherfling claimed two RAF four-engine bombers shot down to record his 10th and 11th victories. He claimed three RAF Lancaster four-engine bombers shot down on the night of 25/26 June (15-17). Scherfling claimed his 20th victory on the night of 13/14 July, when he shot down a RAF Halifax four-engine bomber near Utrecht. By October 1943, Scherfling was serving with 12./NJG 1. He was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 8 April 1944 for 29 victories. On the night of 30/31 March 1944, Scherfling claimed a Lancaster shot down near Venlo to record his 30th victory. On the night of 20/21 July 1944, Scherfling recorded his 33rd, and last, victory. Shortly afterwards, he was shot down and killed in Bf 110 G-4 (W.Nr. 730 218) “G9 + EZ” by a British night fighter. Scherfling’s Bordschütze was also killed in the engagement, but his Bordfunker survived, albeit badly wounded.
    Karl-Heinz Scherfling was credited with 33 victories. All his victories were recorded at night.
 

No	Date	Time	A/c Type	Unit	Location / Comments
1	31.3.1941	22:36	Wellington	7./NJG 1	SE Groningen
2	9.4.1941	23:35	Stirling	7./NJG 1	SW Lingen
3	28.6.1942	2:55	Wellington	5./NJG 2	25km W Den Helder
4	3.7.1942	1:50	Stirling	5./NJG 2	NNW Groningen
5	26.7.1942	-	Wellington	5./NJG 2	-
6	24.9.1942	5:03	Halifax	5./NJG 2	-
7	3.2.1943	20:23	Halifax	10./NJG 1	20km E Assen
8	7.3.1943	20:15	Lancaster	10./NJG 1	546 1A3 in See
9	5.5.1943	1:44	Wellington	10./NJG 1	42km SE Groningen
10	24.5.1943	2:14	Stirling	10./NJG 1	N Texel
11	24.5.1943	2:36	Halifax	10./NJG 1	30km NW Vlieland
12	12.6.1943	2:19	Lancaster	10./NJG 1	50km W Bergen-aan-Zee
13	12.6.1943	3:06	Lancaster	10./NJG 1	40km W Alkmaar
14	13.6.1943	3:35	Halifax	10./NJG 1	35km SW Den Helder
15	26.6.1943	0:54	Lancaster	10./NJG 1	20km N Amsterdam
16	26.6.1943	2:51	Lancaster	10./NJG 1	W Wijklaan See
17	26.6.1943	3:08	Lancaster	10./NJG 1	15km S Alkmaar
18	29.6.1943	2:36	Lancaster	10./NJG 1	5km W Zandvoort
19	29.6.1943	0:00	Lancaster	10./NJG 1	Wognum
20	14.7.1943	1:23	Halifax	10./NJG 1	4km SE Utrecht
21	3.8.1943	3:33	Lancaster	10./NJG 1	EJ-9.5 I See
22	18.8.1943	1:38	Halifax	10./NJG 1	Greifswald
23	20.10.1943	19:24	Halifax	12./NJG 1	40km W Bergen-aan-Zee
24	20.10.1943	22:52	Halifax	12./NJG 1	20km SW Den Helder
25	24.12.1943	6:14	Lancaster	12./NJG 1	NE Berlin
26	24.12.1943	6:34	Lancaster	12./NJG 1	Off Alkmaar
27	25.12.1943	22:42	Halifax	12./NJG 1	30km S Ijssel
28	29.12.1943	19:15	Halifax	12./NJG 1	-
29	18.3.1944	22:44	Halifax	12./NJG 1	RP-2
30	31.3.1944	0:45	Lancaster	12./NJG 1	NE Venlo
31	25.5.1944	1:23	Viermot	12./NJG 1	20km NNE Breda
32	25.5.1944	1:30	Viermot	12./NJG 1	15km N Breda
33	21.7.1944	1:31	E/a	12./NJG 1	-

Victories : 33
Awards : Ehrenpokal (9 August 1943)
                Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (16 August 1943)
                Ritterkreuz (8 April 1944)
Units : NJG 1, NJG 2