Date. 4th October 1943
Unit: 5 Staffel/Zerstˆrergeschwader 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. Original burial: Stadt Passau, Friedhof.)
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier G¸nther Barth 67382/62 Killed (Born 22.11.1921 in Trier. Original burial: Hauptfriedhof Trier. Feld. HI. Gr.230.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Believed shot down during American day-light bomber force
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.
Leutnant Hans Metzen killed in action
