Forgatsch, Heinz

Date of birth:: March 8th, 1915 (Bunzlau,Silesia)
Date of death:: August 23rd, 1941 (Ankershagen,Mecklenburg-Schwerin)
Nationality:: German

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:: Flugzeugführer, Kampfgruppe 806, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: June 14th, 1941

Awarded for flying 50 hazardous fighter-bomber sorties against England. Two notable successes during this time were two lone night raids against the Rolls-Royce motor works in the British Midlands and his sinking of a 14000 GRT troop transport in the English Channel.

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- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- URBANKE, AXEL & KAISER, JOCHEN, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, Luftfahrtverlag-Start, 2011.
- das-ritterkreuz.de

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