Date: 4th October 1943
Unit: 5 Staffel./Zerstörergeschwader 76
Type. Messerschmitt Bf 110G-3
Werke/Nr.4906
Coded. ?
Location. Simmerad near Monschau i. d. Eifel. Germany.
Pilot. Leutnant. Hans Metzen. 51510/91 – Killed.
Born 02.12.1916 in Memmingen.
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Günther Barth 67382/62 – Killed. Born 22.11.1921 in Trier.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Believed shot down during American day-light bomber force. No further information is known. Can you help?
NOTE:
Hans Metzen joined the Luftwaffe during 1938 and became a qualified pilot and attained the officer rank of Leutnant. He was awarded the Iron Cross 1st & 2nd Class. Entry into Austria medal with Prague bar clasp, entry into Memel medal, war flights badge. He was sadly killed in action aged twenty-four while engaged in aerial combat with Allied bombers.
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ccccHans during training (Brownless) cccccccccccccccc Lt. Hans Metzen killed in action (Brownless)
Hans pictured relaxing during operations (Brownless)
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Memorial to Hans Metzen located near the crash site (Jeckel)
Burial detail:
Hans Metzen - Original burial: Stadt Passau, Friedhof.
Günther Barth - Original burial: Hauptfriedhof Trier. Feld. HI. Gr.230.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless with special thanks to Horst Jeckel. March 2014.
