Date: 14th February 1945
Time: 13.33 hours.
Unit: 2 Staffel./Nahaufklärungsgruppe 1
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 R/2
Werk Nr.230146
Coded: 64 + (Black)
Location: 3 miles N of Grave, near Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Pilot: Leutnant. Rudi Metzler. 53972/ – Killed. Born 24.07.1922.
REASON FOR LOSS:
A.I.(k) Report No.182B/1945
According to eyewitnesses this aircraft was shot down by three of a formation of eight Typhoons when flying at 4000 feet. The pilot bailed out from 150 feet but his parachute failed to open. The aircraft crashed and a RB 50/20 camera was found amongst the wreckage.
Burial detail: Block THH Row. 2 Grave 24. Kriegsgräberstätte in Ysselsteyn, The Netherlands.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless, June 2013