During the prelude of World War II on 25 August 1939 I./ZG 76 deployed to an airfield at Ohlau to the southeast of Breslau.
1. novembra 1938 je bila III./JG 132 premeščena v Fürstenwalde in bila istočasno preimenovana v II./JG 141; Lent je bil dodeljen 6. eskadrilji.