Günther Scheel was born on 23 November 1921 at Dannenburg in the Elbe region of Niedersachsen. Scheel was posted to JG 54 based on the Eastern front in spring 1943. Leutnant Scheel was assigned to 2./JG 54. He flew many ground attack missions destroying a number of locomotives and other vehicles. Scheel recorded his 10th aerial victory on 3 April, when he shot down a Russian P-39 fighter. On 30 May, he shot down four Russian fighters to record his 18th through 21st victories. He repeated the feat on 21 June (26-29). However, it was in July that Scheel was to make his mark. In the first 16 days of the month he recorded 41 victories, including eight Russian aircraft, including four Il-2 Sturmovik ground-attack aircraft, shot down on 5 July (31-38), seven, including another four Il-2 Sturmoviks, shot down on 7 July (40-46), five, all Russian fighters, shot down on 10 July (53-57) and seven shot down on 13 July (62-67). On 16 July 1943, Scheel shot down a Russian Yak-9 fighter northeast of Bolchow near Orel. He then collided with a second making a crash-landing in his Fw 190 A-5 (W.Nr. 710 002) “Yellow 8” behind enemy lines. Scheel was reportedly seen in a camp at Jelabuga in 1946 and received medical treatment at a camp at Solny in 1948. However, he officially remains missing in action. Scheel was posthumously awarded the Ritterkreuz on 5 December 1943.
    Günther Scheel was credited with 71 victories in approximately 70 missions. All his victories were recorded over the Eastern front and included 20 Il-2 Sturmoviks.
 

No	Date	Time	A/c Type	Unit	Location / Comments
2	9.2.1943	9:20	LaGG-5	2./JG 54	10 123
3	9.2.1943	15:25	LaGG-5	2./JG 54	10 142
4	14.2.1943	13:21	Il-2	2./JG 54	10 473
5	14.2.1943	13:37	Il-2	2./JG 54	10 452
6	18.2.1943	8:20	Il-2	2./JG 54	10 532
7	23.2.1943	10:59	LaGG-5	2./JG 54	10 172
8	21.3.1943	8:45	LaGG-3	2./JG 54	00 193
9	24.3.1943	8:53	Il-2	2./JG 54	10 193
10	3.4.1943	17:57	P-39	2./JG 54	10 141
11	8.4.1943	16:28	LaGG-5	2./JG 54	90 252
12	16.4.1943	12:25	LaGG-5	2./JG 54	-
13	1.5.1943	15:55	LaGG-5	2./JG 54	00 164
14	5.5.1943	11:45	LaGG-3	2./JG 54	00 152
15	5.5.1943	11:48	LaGG-3	2./JG 54	00 161
16	24.5.1943	19:37	Il-2	2./JG 54	9 791
17	24.5.1943	19:38	Il-2	2./JG 54	9 872
18	30.5.1943	13:48	LaGG-3	2./JG 54	10 113
19	30.5.1943	19:50	LaGG-3	2./JG 54	11 783
20	30.5.1943	19:51	LaGG-3	2./JG 54	11 784
21	30.5.1943	20:18	P-40	2./JG 54	10 123
22	5.6.1943	12:01	LaGG-3	2./JG 54	10 451
23	5.6.1943	12:10	LaGG-3	2./JG 54	10 151
24	10.6.1943	18:16	LaGG-5	2./JG 54	10 692
25	18.6.1943	2:02	LaGG-5	2./JG 54	00 334
26	21.6.1943	10:14	LaGG-3	2./JG 54	10 261
27	21.6.1943	10:15	LaGG-3	2./JG 54	10 262
28	21.6.1943	15:25	LaGG-5	2./JG 54	20 112
29	21.6.1943	20:05	LaGG-3	2./JG 54	20 131
30	22.6.1943	2:25	LaGG-3	2./JG 54	90 634
31	5.7.1943	4:18	LaGG-5	2./JG 54	63 612
32	5.7.1943	10:02	P-40	2./JG 54	63 551
33	5.7.1943	10:06	P-40	2./JG 54	63 534
34	5.7.1943	12:02	P-40	2./JG 54	63 583
35	5.7.1943	18:35	Il-2	2./JG 54	63 481
36	5.7.1943	18:37	Il-2	2./JG 54	63 364
37	5.7.1943	18:38	Il-2	2./JG 54	63 444
38	5.7.1943	18:39	Il-2	2./JG 54	63 451
39	6.7.1943	11:48	LaGG-5	2./JG 54	63 568
40	7.7.1943	8:30	Il-2	2./JG 54	53 561
41	7.7.1943	8:31	Il-2	2./JG 54	53 563
42	7.7.1943	8:32	Il-2	2./JG 54	53 592
43	7.7.1943	8:32	Il-2	2./JG 54	53 591
44	7.7.1943	14:12	Boston	2./JG 54	53 691
45	7.7.1943	14:15	Yak-7	2./JG 54	63 514
46	7.7.1943	14:20	Pe-2	2./JG 54	63 592
47	8.7.1943	8:04	Boston	2./JG 54	63 561
48	8.7.1943	17:31	La-5	2./JG 54	63 531
49	8.7.1943	17:40	P-39	2./JG 54	53 693
50	9.7.1943	4:45	P-39	2./JG 54	63 576
51	9.7.1943	5:11	Il-2	2./JG 54	63 575
52	9.7.1943	5:12	Il-2	2./JG 54	63 579
53	10.7.1943	7:19	P-39	2./JG 54	63 753
54	10.7.1943	7:20	P-39	2./JG 54	63 754
55	10.7.1943	7:22	P-39	2./JG 54	63 743
56	10.7.1943	13:33	LaGG-3	2./JG 54	63 543
57	10.7.1943	18:50	Yak-1	2./JG 54	63 714
58	11.7.1943	4:24	LaGG-3	2./JG 54	63 572
59	11.7.1943	4:26	LaGG-3	2./JG 54	63 573
60	11.7.1943	4:33	La-5	2./JG 54	63 597
61	12.7.1943	7:09	Il-2	2./JG 54	64 753
62	13.7.1943	11:11	LaGG-5	2./JG 54	73 144
63	13.7.1943	11:13	Yak-9	2./JG 54	73 123
64	13.7.1943	11:13	Yak-9	2./JG 54	73 123
65	13.7.1943	14:04	Il-2	2./JG 54	54 413
66	13.7.1943	14:12	Il-2	2./JG 54	54 442
67	13.7.1943	19:12	LaGG-5	2./JG 54	64 821
68	14.7.1943	15:45	Il-2	2./JG 54	54 481
69	16.7.1943	5:25	Spitfire	2./JG 54	54 443
70	16.7.1943	7:55	Yak-9	2./JG 54	65 412
71	16.7.1943	8:05	Yak-9	2./JG 54	64 356