Date of birth:

June 10th, 1908 (Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Date of death:

February 2nd, 1985 (Wedel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Gustav Forstmann after the Second World War serve with the Bundeswehr, reaching the rank of Kapitän zur See.

Career:
?: Chef 1.Räumbootflottille;
?: 1. Admiralstabsoffizier beim Führer der Minensuchverbände Ost;
1945 - March 31st, 1946: POW.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Korvettenkapitän (Lieutenant Commander)

Unit:

Chef 1. Räumbootsflottille

Awarded on:

July 28th, 1941

Awarded the Knight’s Cross for the sum of his Flottille’s successes in the Norwegian campaigns (including the capture of the military port of Horten and several islands in the Oslo fjord) as well as for its outstanding contribution to the establishment of the Juminda mine barrier in the Gulf of Finland.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Fregattenkapitän (Commander)

Unit:

1. Admiralstabsoffizier, Führer der Minensuchverbände Ost

Awarded on:

December 9th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Igor Poul
• - DÖRR, MANFRED, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehmacht 1939–1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1995.
  - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.