Helmut Lent
Aerial victory claims

Helmut Lent

Section Title: Aerial victory claims
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Chronicle of aerial victories

This and the ! (exclamation mark) indicates those aerial victories not listed by Hinchliffe.

Claim (total)	Claim (nocturnal)	Date	Time	Type	Location	Serial No./Squadron No.

– 1./Zerstörergeschwader 76 –

1	3 September 1939	17:10	PZL P.24	Lodz region	Polish Air Force+

2	18 December 1939	14:40	Wellington	near Borkum	N2888/No. 37 Squadron RAF+

3	18 December 1939	14:45	Wellington	near Borkum	N2889/No. 37 Squadron RAF+

4	9 April 1940	08:55	Gladiator	Bratenjordet	427/NAAS+

5	27 May 1940	08:20	Gladiator	Bodø	No. 263 Squadron RAF+

6	2 June 1940	14:25	Gladiator	Norway	N5893/No. 263 Squadron RAF+

7	15 June 1940	12:45	Blenheim	near Trondheim	L9408/No. 254 Squadron RAF+

– 6./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 –

8	1	12 May 1941	01:40	Wellington	southwest of Süderstapel	R1330/No. 40 Squadron RAF*

9	2	12 May 1941	02:49	Wellington	southwest of Nordstrand	R1461/No. 40 Squadron RAF*

10	3	28 June 1941	01:58	Whitley	15 km (9.3 mi) west of Bremervörde	T4297/No. 102 Squadron RAF+

11	4	30 June 1941	01:40	Stirling	10 km (6.2 mi) south Wesermünde	N6001/No. 7 Squadron RAF*

12	5	30 June 1941	02:05	Stirling	20 km (12 mi) southwest of Bremervörde	N3664/No. 7 Squadron RAF*

– 4./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 –

13	6	4 July 1941	00:43	Wellington	Exloermond, 23 km (14 mi) southeast of Assen	R1492/No. 301 Squadron RAF+

14!	7!	4 July 1941	03:41	unknown

15	8	6 July 1941	00:56	Whitley	8 km (5.0 mi) west of Coevorden	Z6793/No. 10 Squadron RAF+

16	9	8 July 1941	00:55	Whitley	20 km (12 mi) southeast of Assen	Z6799/No. 77 Squadron RAF+

17	10	10 July 1941	02:20	Wellington	10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of Meppen	B1770/No. 40 Squadron RAF+

18	11	13 July 1941	00:55	Hampden	Veendam, 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Groningen	AE226/No. 50 Squadron RAF*

19	12	15 July 1941	00:49	Wellington	Veendam, 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Groningen	W5513/No. 104 Squadron RAF+

20	13	25 July 1941	03:54	Wellington	13 km (8.1 mi) south-southwest of Leeuwarden	R1369/No. 57 Squadron RAF?

21	14	15 August 1941	03:20	Whitley	north of Ameland	Z6819/No. 51 Squadron RAF+

22	15	29 August 1941	03:40	Hampden	south of Ameland	AE126/No. 49 Squadron RAF+

23	16	7 September 1941	01:25	Whitley	east of Leeuwarden, Bergen aan Zee	Z6681/No. 78 Squadron RAF+

24	17	8 September 1941	04:04	Wellington	Terwipsel, northeast Franeker	Z8845/No. 9 Squadron RAF*

25	18	8 September 1941	04:59	Wellington	Drachten, southeast of Leeuwarden	R1798/No. 115 Squadron RAF+

26	19	13 October 1941	00:06	Wellington	Westergeest, northeast of Leeuwarden	X9822/No. 40 Squadron RAF+

27	20	13 October 1941	00:33	Hampden	Zuiderzee	AD965/No. 144 Squadron RAF+

– II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 –

28	21	8 November 1941	01:21	Wellington	north of Akkrum	X9976/No. 75 Squadron RAF+

29	22	17 January 1942	21:40	Whitley	Terschelling	Z9301/No. 51 Squadron RAF*

30	23	21 January 1942	22:38	Whitley	40 km (25 mi) west of Terschelling	Z9311/No. 51 Squadron RAF+

31	6 February 1942	15:14	Hampden	70 km (43 mi) west of Terschelling	AE308/No. 455 Squadron RAF+

32	24	26 March 1942	00:32	Manchester	10 km (6.2 mi) north of Alkmaar	L7518/No. 61 Squadron RAF+

33	25	27 March 1942	22:10	Hampden	north of Terschelling	No. 408 Squadron RAF

34	26	27 March 1942	22:42	Hampden	north of Terschelling	No. 408 Squadron RAF

35	27	29 March 1942	22:00	Manchester	north of Terschelling	L7394/No. 61 Squadron RAF?

36	28	11 April 1942	00:23	Wellington	20 km (12 mi) southeast of Den Helder	Z8838/No. 311 Squadron RAF+

37	29	13 April 1942	00:32	Hampden	north of Terschelling	P1239/No. 420 Squadron RAF*

38	30	18 April 1942	01:55	Wellington	25 km (16 mi) north of Tershelling	Z1267/No. 300 Squadron RAF*

39	31	15 May 1942	22:45	Hudson	north of Terschelling	X3482/No. 9 Squadron RAF?

40	32	3 June 1942	01:06	Hampden	east of Medemblik	AT154/No. 408 Squadron RAF+

41	33	4 June 1942	00:55	Halifax	west of Sint Maartensvlotbrug, north-northwest of Alkmaar	R9457/No. 76 Squadron RAF+

42	34	6 June 1942	00:34	Wellington	south of Hoorn	DV812/No. 156 Squadron RAF+

43	35	6 June 1942	01:16	Wellington	IJsselmeer, east of Amsterdam	Z1331/No. 301 Squadron RAF+

44	36	21 June 1942	00:59	Hampden	north of Ameland	AT185/No. 420 Squadron RAF+

45	37	24 June 1942	01:12	Wellington	10 km (6.2 mi) north of Tershelling	T2921/No. 103 Squadron RAF+

46	38	24 June 1942	01:46	Wellington	northwest of Vlieland	DV831/No. 103 Squadron RAF+

47	39	26 June 1942	02:37	Wellington	6 km (3.7 mi) northwest of Enkhuizen	T2612/No. 18 Operational Training Unit RAF*

48	40	26 June 1942	02:56	Whitley	Noordwijk	BD266/No. 24 Operational Training Unit RAF*

49	41	3 July 1942	01:25	Wellington	southwest of Assen	Z1314/No. 301 Squadron RAF*

50	42	9 July 1942	01:30	Wellington	Rottumeroog	X3557/No. 75 Squadron RAF+

51	43	27 July 1942	02:35	Halifax	northwest of Vlieland

52	44	27 July 1942	02:39	Wellington	northwest of Vlieland

53	45	5 September 1942	02:50	Halifax	15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Leeuwarden	R5682/No. 61 Squadron RAF*

54	46	14 September 1942	05:02	Wellington	northwest of Terschelling

55	47	9 November 1942	20:37	Halifax	Ameland	W7864/No. 102 Squadron RAF*

– IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 –

56	48	17 December 1942	20:22	Lancaster	north of Sloten	ED355/No. 44 Squadron RAF+

57	49	17 December 1942	20:38	Halifax	east of Urk	ED333/No. 44 Squadron RAF*

58!	50!	2 January 1943	20:24	four-engined bomber

59	51	8 January 1943	20:24	Lancaster	10 km (6.2 mi) west of Texel

60	52	21 January 1943	20:11	Wellington	north of Schiermonnikoog

61	53	1 March 1943	21:39	Halifax	8 km (5.0 mi) north of Ameland	DT641/No. 419 Squadron RAF*

62	54	5 March 1943	22:20	Halifax	10 km (6.2 mi) west of Harlingen	BB282/No. 76 Squadron RAF?

63	55	5 March 1943	22:34	Halifax	10 km (6.2 mi) east of Wieringen	W4847/No. 83 Squadron RAF*

64	56	29 March 1943	23:46	Wellington	northwest of Lemmer	BJ762/No. 426 Squadron RAF+

65	57	4 April 1943	00:24	Lancaster	15 km (9.3 mi) east of Texel

66	58	20 April 1943	03:38	Mosquito	west of Stavoren	DZ694/No. 410 Squadron RAF

67	59	5 May 1943	00:08	Stirling	8 km (5.0 mi) south of Enkhuizen	BK773/No. 7 Squadron RAF+

68	60	5 May 1943	00:18	Stirling	1 km (0.62 mi) southeast of Hommerts	EF343/No. 149 Squadron RAF+

69	61	14 May 1943	02:54	Halifax	4 km (2.5 mi) north of Harlingen	JB924/No. 78 Squadron RAF+

70	62	24 May 1943	02:16	Lancaster	southwest of Workum	DT789/No. 10 Squadron RAF

71	63	22 June 1943	03:09	Lancaster	70 km (43 mi) west of Vlieland

72	64	23 June 1943	02:06	Halifax	7 km (4.3 mi) west of Urk

73	65	26 June 1943	01:13	Wellington	west of Urk	HF544/No. 466 Squadron RAF+

74#	66#	28 July 1943	02:37	Lancaster	northwest of Terschelling

75	67	30 July 1943	02:10	Lancaster	25 km (16 mi) north of Ameland

– Stab Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 –

76	68	24 August 1943	00:56	Stirling	Berlin-Lichtenberg

77	69	24 August 1943	01:16	Halifax	Berlin-Mahlsdorf

78	70	24 August 1943	—	Halifax	Berlin-Spandau

79	71	1 September 1943	00:54	Halifax	southwest of Berlin

80	72	1 September 1943	01:03	Halifax	east of Berlin

81	73	22 September 1943	22:41	Stirling	Krohnsberg

82	74	3 October 1943	22:27	Stirling	Herleshausen

83	75	2 December 1943	19:58	Lancaster	Magdeburg

84	76	2 December 1943	20:20	Stirling	southwest of Berlin

85	77	16 December 1943	19:07	Lancaster	Almanbrück

86#	78#	2 January 1944	02:49	Lancaster

87	79	14 January 1944	18:49	Lancaster

88	80	14 January 1944	19:05	Lancaster

89	81	14 January 1944	19:10	Lancaster

90	82	21 January 1944	22:28	Lancaster

91	83	21 January 1944	22:58	Lancaster

92	84	22 March 1944	21:26	Lancaster	near Bielefeld

93	85	22 March 1944	21:35	four-engined bomber	south of Bielefeld

94	86	24 March 1944	21:30	four-engined bomber	Berlin area

95	87	24 March 1944	22:00	four-engined bomber	Lübeck

96	88	31 March 1944	01:21	four-engined bomber	20–40 km (12–25 mi) north of Nürnberg	Halifax MZ508/No. 578 Squadron RAF?

97#	89#	23 April 1944	—	Lancaster

98	90	23 May 1944	00:21	four-engined bomber	Osnabrück

99	91	23 May 1944	00:40	four-engined bomber	near Osnabrück

100	92	16 June 1944	00:52	Lancaster	southwest of Lille

101	93	16 June 1944	00:56	Lancaster	Béthune-Armentières

102	94	16 June 1944	01:00	Lancaster	northwest Béthune

103	95	25 June 1944	00:25	four-engined bomber	QE-PE

104	96	25 June 1944	00:40	four-engined bomber	QE-PE

105	97	28 June 1944	01:10	four-engined bomber	off Dunkirk

106!	98!	19 July 1944	01:36	four-engined bomber	southeast of Reims

107	99	19 July 1944	01:41	four-engined bomber	50 km (31 mi) southeast of Reims

108	100	21 July 1944	02:07	Lancaster	over the sea, near Deal

109	101	25 July 1944	01:14	four-engined bomber	Pforzheim

110	102	29 July 1944	01:47	four-engined bomber	near Bouxwiller

111	103	29 July 1944	01:57	four-engined bomber	near Château-Salins

112#	104#	17 August 1944	—	four-engined bomber

113#	105#	12 September 1944	—	Lancaster

114#	106#	17 September 1944	—	Lancaster

Sentence(s)

On 27 May, Helmut Lent claimed his aerial victory over RAF Gladiator from No. 263 Squadron RAF.

final_sentence: On 27 May, Helmut Lent claimed his aerial victory over RAF Gladiator from No. 263 Squadron RAF.