Gunther Shack

Authentic vintage postal cover hand signed by WWII Luftwaffe Ace, Gunther Shack (born 12 November 1917 in Bartenstein in Ostpreußen, and died 14 June 2003 in Schmidt near Nideggen) who 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. Schack is also a recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.