Günther Scheel

Günther Scheel (23 November 1921 – 16 July 1943) was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (posthumously) during World War II. Günther Scheel holds the unique record in World War 2 of shooting down more aircraft than he flew missions. He was credited with 71 victories in just 70 missions. All his victories were recorded over the Eastern front. Upon completing flight training, Lt Scheel was posted to 2 Staffel of JG 54 which was based on the northern end of the Eastern front in January 1943. At that time, most fighter activity was still involved in covering the blockade of Leningrad. He flew many ground attack missions destroying a number of locomotives and other vehicles. Scheel...