Need info about Horst Forbig of 2./JG54
 

Hello,
I would like to know if someone have informations about Lt Horst Forbig, MIA the 12 june 1944 in Normandy.
I don't find picture of him in books or in te Web.
Thanks
Fredo

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Hi Fredo,

Lt Forbig III./JG54, shot down by P-47 12 june 44 in Arpajon (BE3 square), 58 victories (57 on the eastern front, one this day shooting down a P-47 near Orly at 10h37).

Thanks for your answer but i don't undertsand the"BE3 Square" of Arpajon.
It is a reference to a map?
Fred

Reference
 

Afirm, it's a map refeence :

complete on is : 14OstN BE3, see here : http://www.lesbutler.ip3.co.uk/jg26/gradnetz6.gif

Square is BE, 3 represente third sub divison of BE square, left up corner.
In fact BE square is divided in 9 sub divissions :
123
456
789

So BE 3 represente a south of Paris position.

and here, a map of Arpajon:
http://www6.mappy.com/sidaWnpX2+PLJn...m1=250&x=0&y=0

Hope it's help.

Thaks again for the very good explication.
I am very surprise of this crash aera.
If i take the excellent book of JB Frappé "La Luftwaffe face au débarquement allié", it said that Horst Forbig crashed in CAEN aera.
So, if it's possible to know your sources, it could help me.
In fact, a friend of me have find a FW 190 near Lisieux, and unfortunately, the pilot was still again in the plane. Horst Forbig could be this pilot with the few things we have find in this plane.

Fred

Ok, I'm very sorry, I've made a mistake.
BE3 is a P-47 downed by Forbig the day of his fall.

Forbig falled in Caen area as said in Frappé book.

Do you have any element of identification of the aircraft ?

ouf! it's ok.
The few element we have is:
It's a Fw 190 A8, the number of the plane could be a 0,2,3,6,8 or 9 but it's a red number like the 2./JG54.
We know that it's an officer because we have find an officier belt, and the pilot have the EK 1. We know again he crashed after a fighting because we have find US bullets in the fuselage.
Fred

Forbig
 

According to Rosipal's JG 54 loss list, which can be found at www.jg54greenhearts.com, Forbig was lost flying the following:
Fw 190A-8 W.Nr. 174022 Red 2.

Tom