On 1 November 1941, Lent became acting Group Commander "Gruppenkommandeur" of the newly formed II./NJG 2. Lent's first aerial victory as a "Gruppenkommandeur", his 20th night-time, and his last in 1941, came during the night of Friday 7 November to Saturday 8 November. He shot down a Wellington 1C heading for Berlin, which came down near Akkrum. The six-man crew of the bomber, "X9976" of No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron, was killed in action. This achievement earned Lent a reference in the "Wehrmachtbericht" (his first of six in total), an information bulletin issued by the headquarters of the Wehrmacht. To be singled out individually in the "Wehrmachtbericht" was an honour and was entered in the Orders and Decorations' section of one's Service Record Book.