Förster, Gerhard (JG 51)

Date of birth:: September 29th, 1916 (Großnaundorf)
Date of death:: August 2nd, 1943
Buried on:: German War Cemetery Kursk - Besedino
Nationality:: German

Biography

06.07.1942: his first known Soviet victory, a MiG-3
19.07.1942: 2nd victory, a MiG-3
16.12.1942: 1 LaGG-3 by Romanovo
17.12.1942: 1 P-40 near Syberplowka
26.12.1942: Oberfeldwebel, 3./ JG 51, WIA with Fw 190A-2 Werknummer 499 when he overturned on landing at Wjasma-Süd airfield
15.01.1943: 1 Pe-2
19.03.1943: 1 LaGG-5
23.03.1943: 1 LaGG-3
28.03.1943: 1 LaGG-5
06.04.1943: 1 LaGG-3
14.04.1943: 1 Yak-1
30.05.1943: 1 Yak-1
15.06.1943: 1 Pe-2
06.07.1943: 1 LaGG-5
07.07.1943: 1 Yak-1 and an Il-2
08.07.1943: 1 Il-2 (m.H.)
11.07.1943: 1 Il-2 (m.H.)
12.07.1943: 1 LaGG-5 and an Il-2
13.07.1943: 2 Il-2s and a Yak-1
21.07.1943: 1 LaGG-3
23.07.1943: 1 LaGG-5
01.08.1943: 1 Il-2 (m.H.)
02.08.1943: 1 Il-2 (m.H.)
02.08.1943: Oberfeldwebel, JG 51, KIA with Fw 190A-5 Werknummer 1.498 or 181.498 by return fire from an enemy aircraft gunner over Map Quadrant Pl.Qu. 5345, Russia
His remains could not be recovered by the VDK, but he is commemorated in a special place in the War Cem at Kursk-Besedino, Russia
Pilot credited with 26 air victories