Allan M Metzger
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 29-Nov-43 as pilot of P47D 42-8509 while on a mission to provide escort to bombers attacking at Bremen, Germany. The aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed at Wertle, Germany and 1LT Metzger was killed.
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Units served with
![Ground crew of the 356th Fighter Group congratulate the pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Zombie" at Martlesham Heath air base. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'ZOMBIE yellow, black outline. [illegible text] black white common practice of 361st FS.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-377162.jpg.webp?itok=Cj8CR9kY)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Werlte, Germany | 29 November 1943 | Killed when his aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed at Wertle, Germany whil on a mission to escort bombers attacking at Bremen, Germany. |
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Buried |
Buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery, Plot A, Row 38, Grave 34. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 19-Jul-2015. Added Description based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) redcords; Added KIA event per MACR 1284.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster from ESCORT The 356th Fighter Group Over Europe 1943-1945 by Kent D. Miller