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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Helmut Lent and Raumführer Heinrich Ruppel

From left to right: Major Helmut Lent (Geschwaderkommodore Nachtjagdgeschwader 3) with Hauptmann Heinrich Ruppel (Nachtjagd Raumführer Leeuwarden / Area Controller of Leeuwarden) in 1943. Raumführer Ruppel had been a pilot on the Western Front in World War I and he was acknowledged to be one of the most skilful fighter controllers in Nachtjagd.

Source :
Book "Nachtjagd: Defenders of the Reich 1940-1943" by Martin W Bowman

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