Gustav Forstmann

Gustav Forstmann
Gustav Forstmann (right), Erich Grundmann (centre), war correspondent Augst (left)
Born	(1908-06-10)10 June 1908 Kiel
Died	2 February 1985(1985-02-02) (aged 76) Wedel
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service / branch	Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine German Navy
Years of service	1930–45 1957–66
Rank	Fregattenkapitän
Unit	SSS Niobe cruiser Emden Schleswig-Holstein
Commands	1. Räumbootflottille
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Gustav Forstmann (10 June 1908 – 2 February 1985) was a Fregattenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. After World War II he served in the Bundesmarine attaining the rank of Kapitän zur See.

Awards

• Wehrmacht Long Service Award
  • 4th Class (2 October 1936)
  • 3rd Class (1 April 1938)
• Sudetenland Medal (3 October 1939)
• Memel Medal (26 October 1939)
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (22 November 1939)
  • 1st Class (25 April 1940)
• Minesweeper War Badge (5 November 1940)
• Naval Front Clasp (1 May 1945)
• Cuffband "Courland" (5 May 1945)
• Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty 2nd Class (3 June 1944)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 July 1941 as Korvettenkapitän and chief of the 1. Räumbootflottille
• German Cross in Gold on 9 December 1944 as Fregattenkapitän and leader of the Minensuchverbände Ost

References

Bibliography

• Dörr, Manfred (1995). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Überwasserstreitkräfte der Kriegsmarine—Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2453-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Huß, Jürgen; Viohl, Armin (2003). Die Ritterkreuzträger des Eisernen Kreuzes der preußischen Provinz Schleswig-Holstein und der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck 1939–1945 (in German). Zweibrücken, Germany: VDM Heinz Nickel. ISBN 978-3-925480-79-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

• "Gustav Forstmann". Deutsches Marinearchiv (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2014.
• "Gustav Forstmann". World War 2 Awards.com. Retrieved 2 January 2014.