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    Helmut Lent (13 June 1918 – 7 October 1944) was a German night-fighter ace in World War II. Lent shot down 110 aircraft, 102 of them at night. Born into...
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  • Chinese-themed books Helmut Lent (1918–1944), German night fighter ace in World War II James Lent (1782–1833), U.S. Representative from New York James Lent (Nova Scotia...
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    Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. Hinchliffe, Peter (2003). "The Lent Papers" Helmut Lent. Bristol, UK: Cerberus Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84145-105-3. Rall...
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  • 1869) 1943 – Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (b. 1880) 1944 – Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (b. 1918) 1950 – Willis Haviland Carrier, American...
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  • Fighter Wing) as acting Gruppenkommandeur until he was replaced by Hauptmann Helmut Lipfert, substituting for Major Jürgen Harder who had been transferred....
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    completed before V-E Day. Many Luftwaffe night fighter aces, such as Helmut Lent (110 victories) and Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (87 victories)...
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    scored his first kills over Poland, as did future night fighter ace Helmut Lent. Gordon Gollob, future General der Jagdflieger. Falck's unit, I./ZG 76...
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    night fighter pilot on 9 November 1944. Schnaufer surpassed Oberst Helmut Lent's record of 102 night-time victories, after he claimed three Lancasters...
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    rearming on Fornebu and one in the air, shot down by Future Experte Helmut Lent, injuring the sergeant pilot. After the withdrawal of allied forces,...
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  • Kurt Ubben †  Germany Luftwaffe 111 Killed in action on 27 April 1944. Helmut Lent †  Germany Luftwaffe 110 Night fighter ace Killed in flying accident...
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  • fighter aces were Helmut Lent, who shot down 110 enemy aircraft and Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, who shot down 121 enemy aircraft. Lent mostly flew in the...
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    Gladiator was shot down during the air battle by the future experte Helmut Lent, while two were strafed and destroyed while refuelling and rearming at...
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    Hauptmann Werner Schröer were also awarded the Oak Leaves, and Major Helmut Lent received the Swords to his Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. Ehrler claimed...
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    speech at the military funeral of Night fighter ace Lieutenant Colonel Helmut Lent, winner of the Oak Leaves with Swords and Diamonds to the Knight's Cross...
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    Rotenburg (Wümme) voted in favour of retaining the namesake of the Lent barracks, Helmut Lent. They regarded the Nazi perpetrator as a war hero and patriot...
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    construction) Wilhelm and his wife Therese. Barkhorn had two brothers, Helmut and Dieter, and a sister Meta. The four children were all members of the...
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    in Amsterdam with General Kammhuber, Wolfgang Falck, Werner Streib, Helmut Lent and others attending. On 30 June 1941 while flying Bf 110 C-4 (Werknummer...
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    Luftwaffe 22-LGeneralfeldmarschall OB Süd (Heeresgruppe C) 19 July 1944 — 15 Helmut Lent Luftwaffe 16-LOberstleutnant Geschwaderkommodore of Nachtjagdgeschwader...
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    and made one final garbled transmission containing the word "burning". Helmut Lennartz recalled: "I remember Nowotny's crash very well. Feldwebel Gossler...
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    this position until 1 August 1943 when he transferred command to Major Helmut Lent. Schalk was then given the position of Jagdfliegerführer 2 (Chief of...
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    Verlag. ISBN 978-3-87943-979-9. Hinchliffe, Peter (2003). "The Lent Papers" Helmut Lent. Bristol, UK: Cerberus Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84145-105-3. Holmes...
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    Among the German claimants was Helmut Lent who was credited with two victories. After landing at Jever from a patrol, Lent took off to intercept. He engaged...
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  • Polish fighters destroyed. Future German fighter pilots Wolfgang Falcke, Helmut Lent and Gordon Gollob made claims in aerial combat. I./ZG 76 provided effective...
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    raise his recorded victories to 51–56, putting him level with the late Helmut Wick, who had been shot down and killed on 28 November. On 5 December, Galland...
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  • Verlag. ISBN 978-3-613-01861-7. Hinchliffe, Peter (2003). "The Lent Papers" Helmut Lent. Bristol, UK: Cerberus Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84145-105-3. Mathews...
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    Heer 14-HHauptmann Leader of Alarm-Bataillon Kolberg 9 May 1945 — — Helmut Lent+ Luftwaffe 13-LOberleutnant Staffelkapitän of the 6./Nachtjagdgeschwader...
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    Crinius (114) Werner Schröer (114) Hans Dammers (113) Berthold Korts (113) Helmut Lent (113) Kurt Bühligen (112) Kurt Ubben (111) Franz Woidich (110) Emil Bitsch...
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    1944. On 7 October, Helmut Lent, the Geschwaderkommodore of NJG 3, died of wounds sustained in a flying accident the day before. Lent's state funeral was...
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  • south-east of Witnica and 22 km (14 mi) south-west of Gorzów Wielkopolski. Helmut Lent (1918–1944), German fighter ace "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT...
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  • 2005) 1918 – Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (d. 1996) 1918 – Helmut Lent, German soldier and pilot (d. 1944) 1918 – Percy Rodriguez, Canadian-American...
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