German NJG RESSE Foto Beerdigung der Nachtjagd Pilot Helmut LENT in Berlin 1944 NJG1
Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section L - R
LENT, Helmut. (DOB: 13.06.18 in Pyrehne/Brandenburg). (RESB, DKG). 01.04.36 trf from the
Kriegsmarine to the Luftwaffe as Fähnenjunker. 01.03.37 promo to Lt. (n.d.) attended LKS Berlin-
Gatow but this interrupted by 5 months in hospital with a broken right leg in an auto accident.
01.03.38 Lt. began attendance at Grosse Kampfschule Tutow, training as a Beobachter (observer).
Late 06.38 suffered a broken jaw in another auto accident - hospitalized for three weeks. 01.07.38 trf
to III./JG 132. 01.11.38 Lt. trf to 6./JG 141 due to unit renaming. 01.05.39 trf to I./ZG 76 due to unit
renaming. 09.39 in I./ZG 76. 18.12.39 Lt., Stab I./ZG 76. 09.04.40 Lt., 1./ZG 76 Bf 110 C
(M8+DH) - damaged, crash landed at Fornebu. 27.05.40 Lt., 1./ZG 76. 02.06.40 Lt., 1./ZG 76.
01.07.40 promo to Oblt. and trf to the Nachtjagd. 23.09.40 Oblt., appt Staka 6./NJG 1 (to 01.07.41).
12.05.41 6./NJG 1. 26.06.41 awarded the Ehrenpokal. 30.06.41 Oblt., 6./NJG 1 unhurt - Bf 110 E-2
belly-landed due to combat damage. 01.07.41 Oblt., appt Staka 4./NJG 1 (to 01.11.41). 04.07.41
Oblt., 4./NJG 1. 10.07.41 Oblt., Staka 4./NJG 1 WIA - Do 215 B-5 damaged by enemy fire vic
Leeuwarden a/f. 30.08.41 Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 6./NJG 1. 07.09.41 Oblt., 4./NJG 1.
13.10.41 Oblt., 4./NJG 1. 01.11.41 Oblt., appt Kdr. II./NJG 2 (to 01.10.42) - Do 215 B-5 (R4+DC).
10.11.41 mentioned in dispatches. 01.01.42 promo to Hptm. 28.01.42 mentioned in dispatches.
09.04.42 Hptm. in II./NJG 2, awarded the DKG. 16.05.42 mentioned in dispatches. 06.06.42 Hptm.,
awarded Eichenlaub, Kdr. II./NJG 2. 21.06.42 mentioned in dispatches a fourth time. 01.10.42 Maj.,
appt Kdr. IV./NJG 1 due to unit renaming (to 01.08.43). 01.01.43 promo to Maj. 08.01.43 Maj., Stab
IV./NJG 1. 05.03.43 Maj., Stab II./NJG 1. 29.03.43 Maj., Stab IV./NJG 1. 04.04.42 Maj., Stab
IV./JG 1. 05.05.43 Maj., Stab IV./NJG 1. 30.07.43 Maj., Stab IV./NJG 1. 01.08.43 Maj., appt
Kommodore NJG 3 (to 05.10.44). 02.08.43 Maj., awarded Schwerter, Kdr. IV./NJG 1. 24.08.43
Maj., Stab/NJG 3. 01.09.43 Maj., Maj. Stab/NJG 3. 02/03.10.43 Maj., Stab/NJG 3 WIA to his left
thumb and index finger plus superficial damage to his face - Ju 88 R-2 (D5+AA) by a Stirling vic -
recovering until 11.43. 16.12.43 Maj., Stab/NJG 3. 24.02.44 Maj., Stab/NJG 3. 31.03.44 Obstlt.,
Stab/NJG 3. 01.05.44 promo to Obstlt. (RDA 01.03.44). 31.07.44 Obstlt., awarded Brillanten,
Kommodore NJG 3. 05.10.44 WIA/DOW - Ju 88 G-6 (D5+AA) crashed while landing at Paderborn
with failed engines and striking high voltage wires vic Nordbroichen, 2 km WSW of Paderborn and
died two days later from complications during amputation of both of his broken legs). 11.10.44
mentioned in dispatches a fifth and final time. (n.d.) promo to Oberst posthumously. Buried in the
Alter Garnisonfriedhof at Stade. Credited with 102 night and 8 day air victories in 520 combat
missions.
- http://www.ww2.dk/Lw Offz - L-R Apr 2024.pdf
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