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Re: Lent papers - a question
This is how the author describes that part of the war: "In a letter home he spoke of these achievements - and of an unexpected encounter on the 12th September with another Polish a/c:
"Since I last wrote you I have set fire to another 3 Polish machines (erlier reading shows that that previous letter was written on 3 Sep) on the ground. As I was having a go at a 4th a Pole took me by surprise and attacked me, shooting my starboard engine out. I had to make a forced landing behind our lines (a footnote says it was probably a PZL 37 'Elk', a twin-engine, low-wing monoplane). On Sunday the Fuhrer was with us, and he congratulated me on my successful emergency landing. (There was a picture of me in the newspaper as well). Goring visited us on Wednesday and spoke of our Gruppe's great successes. Greetings from your son, who enjoys merciful protection."
If as Marius said, the Sunday that Hitler visited Lent's unit was on the 10th of September, the incident obviously occurred prior to that. But, Hitler was still in Poland on the next Sunday, the 17th, it might just have happened during the following week. So, what are your original documents that support the shoot-down on the 9th?
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