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Gunther Schack Victories : 174 ----------------------------- Country : Germany Fought in : WW2 Fought for : Axis Died : 14th June 2003 Knights Cross Oak Leaves Major Günther Schack was born in Bartenstein, a small town in Eastern Prussia, on 12 November 1917 as the son of Dr. Willy Schack and his wife, Dorothea (maiden name: Nietzki). He studied at the University of Stuttgart and at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule. In 1937, when he first tried to join the Luftwaffe, he was categorised as wehruntauglich (unsuited for military service) because of a sports injury earlier in his life. Günther Schack resubmitted an application as a volunteer and was accepted into the Luftwaffe on 2 September 1939. After being trained as a fighter pilot, Schack was posted to 7th Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 51. Schack claimed first aerial victory in combat on 23 July 1941 on the Eastern front. Meanwhile, he had been promoted to the rank of Unteroffizier. After his 48th aerial victory, he was ordered back to Germany to serve as a flight instructor and was promoted to Leutnant on 1 January 1943. In mid 1943 he returned back to the Eastern front, now serving in the 9th Staffel of JG 51. He claimed his century mark in aerial combat on 3 September 1943. On 8 December 1943 he was made Staffelkapitän of 9./JG 51. Leutnant Günther Schack was awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 April 1944 for 133 aerial victories.[2] Schack was then promoted to Hauptmann on 1 July 1944. In December 1944, now a Gruppenkommandeur, in charge of I./JG 51. After this Gruppe was disbanded on 1 May 1945 he briefly was named commander of the 4th Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 3. By the end of the war, he had scored 174 victories in 780 aerial combats, and was shot down 15 times. Günther Schack died 14 June 2003 in Schmidt near Nideggen he was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1939 until the end of World War II in 1945. He claimed 174 enemy aircraft shot down, all of them on the Russian front. He survived being shot down 15 times during his 780 combat missions. After the war he lived secluded in the Eifel Mountains, and devoted himself to philosophical research.

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Known Victory Claims - Gunther Schack
DATE	PILOT	UNIT	JG	CLAIMED	LOCATION	TIME	FRONT

23/07/1941	Gefr. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	SB-2	40km NE Bobruisk	18.59	Eastern Front
10/10/1941	Gefr. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	25km NE Juchnow	8.08	Eastern Front
10/11/1941	Gefr. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	U-2	7km W. Serpuchow	10.38	Eastern Front
01/03/1942	Ofhr. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	I-26	W. Moszalik: 500m	13.55	Eastern Front
01/08/1942	Uffz. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2	47 642: tiefflug	14.1	Eastern Front
10/08/1942	Uffz. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2	47 614: tiefflug	10.27	Eastern Front
12/08/1942	Uffz. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	47 822: 1500m	6.1	Eastern Front
13/08/1942	Uffz. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	47 533: 2500m	8.23	Eastern Front
18/08/1942	Uffz. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	47 593: 1500m	15.05	Eastern Front
27/08/1942	Uffz. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	MiG-3	47 613: 1500m	9.25	Eastern Front
03/09/1942	Fw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	E. Stephanovka: 200m	14.23	Eastern Front
03/09/1942	Fw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	SW Stephanovka: 200m	14.24	Eastern Front
10/09/1942	Fw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	47 812: 200m	7.1	Eastern Front
10/09/1942	Fw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	56 314: 600m	16.28	Eastern Front
11/09/1942	Fw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-3	47 593: 1500m	12.5	Eastern Front
22/09/1942	Fw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	R-5	47 612	9.26	Eastern Front
15/10/1942	Fw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2	SE Belojne: 1000m	15.15	Eastern Front
17/12/1942	Ofw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	25km NE Sychëvka: 250m (Smolensk)	11.58	Eastern Front
17/12/1942	Ofw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	27km NE Sychëvka: 2500m	11.59	Eastern Front
17/12/1942	Ofw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	35km NE Sychëvka: 2500m	12	Eastern Front
17/12/1942	Ofw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	33km NE Sychëvka: 2500m	12.01	Eastern Front
17/12/1942	Ofw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	20km S. Subzoff: 3000m	12.17	Eastern Front
29/01/1943	Fw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	63 322: 1800m	8.31	Eastern Front
29/01/1943	Fw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	63 444: 1700m	8.32	Eastern Front
29/01/1943	Fw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	63 444: 1600m	8.33	Eastern Front
29/01/1943	Fw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	63 444: 1500m	8.34	Eastern Front
02/02/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	I-153	73 583: 500m	13.21	Eastern Front
03/02/1943	Fw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2	73 384: tiefflug	8.17	Eastern Front
03/02/1943	Fw. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2	73 354: tiefflug	8.21	Eastern Front
21/02/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	64 641: 2000m	6.25	Eastern Front
21/02/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	64 641: 2000m	6.26	Eastern Front
23/02/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2	54 173: 300m	6.3	Eastern Front
23/02/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	44 294: 2500m	9.33	Eastern Front
23/02/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-3	54 182: 2000m	12.25	Eastern Front
23/02/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-3	54 183: 2000m	12.26	Eastern Front
23/02/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-3	54 183: 2500m	12.26	Eastern Front
24/02/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2	54 151: 500m	6.25	Eastern Front
08/03/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	63 252: 300m	9.15	Eastern Front
08/03/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2	63 263: 200m	12.2	Eastern Front
08/03/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-3	63 292: 2500m	12.5	Eastern Front
09/03/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2	63 251: 100m	7.33	Eastern Front
09/03/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2	63 251: 100m	7.36	Eastern Front
09/03/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	63 254: 3000m	7.43	Eastern Front
11/03/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	R-5	63 631: tiefflug	13.23	Eastern Front
11/03/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2	63 283: tiefflug	13.27	Eastern Front
15/07/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-3	54 498: 2000m	15.33	Eastern Front
15/07/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	MiG-3	54 483: 1500m	15.38	Eastern Front
15/07/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	Jak-1	54 479: 1200m	15.45	Eastern Front
15/07/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	74 747: 4500m	18.22	Eastern Front
19/07/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-3	63 221: 800m	12.05	Eastern Front
20/07/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	54 628: 400m	18.15	Eastern Front
20/07/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	Il-2mH.	54 443: 400m	18.18	Eastern Front
21/07/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	54 128: 2000m	19.35	Eastern Front
22/07/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-3	63 215: 2000m	15.5	Eastern Front
30/07/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	64 549: 300m	12.04	Eastern Front
01/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	64 519: 2800m	10.11	Eastern Front
01/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	64 515: 2800m	10.1	Eastern Front
02/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	Il-2mH.	54 841: 200m	17.1	Eastern Front
02/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	53 457: 2200m	19.1	Eastern Front
02/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	63 312: 1800m	5.36	Eastern Front
02/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	53 453: 2000m	19.13	Eastern Front
07/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-3	NNW Kirow: 3000m	15.55	Eastern Front
08/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-3	E. Jelnja: 4500m	18.15	Eastern Front
08/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	Il-2mH.	26 859: 100m	11.58	Eastern Front
08/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	ESE Jelnja: 4000m	18.17	Eastern Front
08/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	Jak-9	26 699: 4000m	13.05	Eastern Front
09/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	Il-2mH.	35 494: 500m	12.5	Eastern Front
10/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	Il-2	35 665: 100m	14.5	Eastern Front
10/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	Il-2mH.	35 424: tiefst.	16.45	Eastern Front
12/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-3	N. Kirov: 1000m	16	Eastern Front
12/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	E. Yelnya: 3000m	9.07	Eastern Front
13/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	NE Dukhovshchina: 4000m	9.53	Eastern Front
13/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	NE Dukhovshchina: 3000m	9.56	Eastern Front
13/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	ESE Dukhovshchina: 2000m	15.03	Eastern Front
13/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	NNW Dukhovshchina: 500m	16.48	Eastern Front
14/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-3	WSW Spas-Demensk: 3500m	9	Eastern Front
15/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	N. Spas-Demensk: tiefst.	5.12	Eastern Front
19/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-3	ENE Yelnya: 1000m	11.45	Eastern Front
19/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-3	E. Yelnya: 2000m	16.31	Eastern Front
19/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-3	SE Yelnya: 1000m	19.02	Eastern Front
20/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	Il-2mH.	SE Yelnya: 100m	18.36	Eastern Front
22/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	Airacobra	ENE Ssevsk: 4000m	6.25	Eastern Front
22/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	8	JG 51	LaGG-5	ENE Ssevsk: 2000m	15.45	Eastern Front
23/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	26 735: 100m	15.15	Eastern Front
23/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	26 814: 200m	17.57	Eastern Front
24/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	26 821: 3000m	14	Eastern Front
27/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Pe-2	SW Ssevsk: 1500m	7.55	Eastern Front
27/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-3	2km SE Ssevsk: 1000m	10.03	Eastern Front
27/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2mH.	SW Ssevsk: 200m	13.2	Eastern Front
27/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-3	SW Ssevsk: 600m	18.33	Eastern Front
28/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2mH.	Ssevsk: 200m	15.58	Eastern Front
29/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2mH.	S. Ssevsk: tiefst.	12.34	Eastern Front
29/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2mH.	S. Ssevsk: tiefst.	12.35	Eastern Front
29/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	SE Buda: 2500m	14.36	Eastern Front
30/08/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	S. Buda: 3200m	12.31	Eastern Front
01/09/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Jak-7	Chudovo: 800m	11.1	Eastern Front
03/09/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	Gludovo: 1800m	10.23	Eastern Front
06/09/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Jak-7	Buda: 2000m [Bryansk]	15	Eastern Front
06/09/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Jak-4	NE Severskiye: 4200m	11.32	Eastern Front
09/09/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Jak-1	4000m	15.2	Eastern Front
13/09/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	NW Ordzhonikidze: 800m	15.45	Eastern Front
18/09/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	Yelyna: tiefstflug	10.02	Eastern Front
18/09/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	S. Yelnya: 1500m	17	Eastern Front
18/09/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-3	S. Yelnya: 1000m	17.16	Eastern Front
19/09/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	W. Yelnya: 800m	16.39	Eastern Front
20/09/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	LaGG-5	SE Smolensk: 3000m	9.33	Eastern Front
20/09/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Jak-7	Yalnya: 2000m	16.13	Eastern Front
20/09/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2mH.	Smolensk: 600m	16.2	Eastern Front
04/10/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Il-2mH.	W. Tschernobyl: 600m	15.32	Eastern Front
04/10/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Jak-7	92 651: 3500m	12.43	Eastern Front
05/10/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Jak-7	Ippernigno: 800m	15.58	Eastern Front
10/10/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Jak-7	28km SE Newel: 3000m	15.25	Eastern Front
14/10/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	7	JG 51	Jak-7	Smolensk: 1800m	11.14	Eastern Front
15/12/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-7	93 486: 2000m	9.03	Eastern Front
15/12/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Il-2	93 457: 300m	11.25	Eastern Front
15/12/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-7	93 277: 800m	11.37	Eastern Front
28/12/1943	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Il-2	93 452: 500m	11.28	Eastern Front
10/01/1944	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	03 215: 3500m	14.19	Eastern Front
10/01/1944	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	06 769: 4000m	14.44	Eastern Front
12/01/1944	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	LaGG-5	93 611: 200m	11.14	Eastern Front
12/01/1944	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	93 475: 400m	11.3	Eastern Front
13/01/1944	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Pe-2	93 819: 10m	13.02	Eastern Front
15/01/1944	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	93 447: 1500m	14.2	Eastern Front
16/01/1944	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Il-2mH.	93 626 etwa 300m	9.55	Eastern Front
06/02/1944	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	La-5	96 654: 2000m	9.45	Eastern Front
06/02/1944	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	96 992: 2000m	11.2	Eastern Front
06/02/1944	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	96 657: 2500m	11.35	Eastern Front
21/02/1944	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	03 149: 100m	15.3	Eastern Front
21/02/1944	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	03 176: 500m	15.32	Eastern Front
21/02/1944	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Pe-2	04 726: 1300m	15.41	Eastern Front
23/02/1944	Ltn. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	La-5	04 543	14.37	Eastern Front
30/04/1944	Oblt. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-7	42 841: 800m	10.19	Eastern Front
30/05/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-7	42 735: 2500m	16.55	Eastern Front
25/06/1944	Oblt. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	LaGG-5	93 193: 3000m	7.38	Eastern Front
25/06/1944	Oblt. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Pe-2	93 221: 500m	13.35	Eastern Front
25/06/1944	Oblt. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Airacobra	94 863: 1000m	13.47	Eastern Front
28/06/1944	Oblt. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Airacobra	84 829: 4000m	15.11	Eastern Front
04/07/1944	Oblt. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Il-2mH.	62 131: 300m	12.33	Eastern Front
07/07/1944	Oblt. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	LaGG-5	54 719: 3700m	19.07	Eastern Front
16/07/1944	Oblt. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	LaGG-5	50 356: 500m	18.26	Eastern Front
26/07/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	45 119: 500m	13.18	Eastern Front
01/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	LaGG-5	25 437: 500m	11	Eastern Front
01/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	25 491: 700m	11.07	Eastern Front
02/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Il-2	34 433: 500m	10.36	Eastern Front
02/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Il-2	24 434: 300m	10.39	Eastern Front
12/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Il-2mH.	24 624: 500m	12.37	Eastern Front
12/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	24 697: 1200m	16.56	Eastern Front
13/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Il-2mH.	24 626: 400m	14.57	Eastern Front
17/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	36 347: tiefflug	6.55	Eastern Front
17/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	LaGG-5	26 283: 4000m	16.1	Eastern Front
19/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	36 319: 1300m	17.04	Eastern Front
19/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Il-2mH.	36 345: tiefflug	17.12	Eastern Front
23/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	27 491: 800m	19.05	Eastern Front
26/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	27 437: 3000m	19.08	Eastern Front
27/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Airacobra	37 518: 1800m	18.5	Eastern Front
28/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	37 514: 800m	12.32	Eastern Front
28/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Airacobra	37 343: 3200m	16.04	Eastern Front
29/08/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	LaGG-5	37 373: 1800m	18.27	Eastern Front
16/09/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	17 383: 1500m	9.33	Eastern Front
16/09/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	17 628: 1500m	9.45	Eastern Front
16/09/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	17 665: 1200m	17.01	Eastern Front
16/09/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Jak-9	27 537: tiefst.	17.07	Eastern Front
29/09/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Pe-2	27 594: 6500m	11	Eastern Front
29/09/1944	Hptm. Günther Schack	9	JG 51	Pe-2	17 628: 5000m	11.2	Eastern Front

Known Claims : 164

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