Normandy-Neman

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General Jean Marie de Lattre de Tassigny shakes hands with the pilot of the Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment

French pilots in full dress stand on the field of the airfield awaiting departure to France

Meeting of Soviet and French military personnel

Soviet and French pilots and aircraft mechanics watching the air defile

Reports of French and Russian officers and aircraft mechanics on the day of arrival. France. Paris, Saint-Dizier Airport, June 1945

Minister of Aeronautics and Armaments Charles Tillon congratulates the pilots of the Normandie-Niemen Air Regimenton their arrival at home

Pilots of the Normandie-Niemen Air Regimentat a festive buffet reception

General Jean Marie de Latre de Tassigny talks to the pilot

Pilots of the Normandie-Niemen Air Regimentat a festive buffet reception

The commander of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment, Lt. Col. Louis Delfino, gives an interview. France. Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

The solemn ceremony of presentation the Order of the Legion of Honor to the flag of the Normandie-Niemen Regiment

French pilots march along the airfield. France, Paris, Le Bourget Airport

Soviet mechanic Yuri Filippovich Fedorin and French pilot Roger Sauvage are talking near the plane.

The Normandie-Niemen Air Regimentmeeting

Yak-3 fighters of the "Normandie-Niemen" Air Regimentdonated to French pilots by I.V. Stalin

Return to the homeland of the Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment.

Presentation of the Order of the Legion of Honor to the legendary Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment

Minister of Aeronautics and Armaments Charles Tillon presents the Order of the Legion of Honor to the legendary Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment

Colonel Pierre Pouyade (from July 1943 to December 1944 - commander of the Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment)

Waiting for the Normandy-Neman Air Regiment pilots to return to Homeland

The Chief of the General Staff of the French Air Force, General Marsial Valen, awards one of the pilots of the Normandy-Niemen air regiment. France, Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

General Jean Marie de Lattre de Tassigny shakes hands with the pilot of the Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment

French pilots in full dress stand on the field of the airfield awaiting departure to France

Meeting of Soviet and French military personnel

Soviet and French pilots and aircraft mechanics watching the air defile

Reports of French and Russian officers and aircraft mechanics on the day of arrival. France. Paris, Saint-Dizier Airport, June 1945

Minister of Aeronautics and Armaments Charles Tillon congratulates the pilots of the Normandie-Niemen Air Regimenton their arrival at home

Pilots of the Normandie-Niemen Air Regimentat a festive buffet reception

General Jean Marie de Latre de Tassigny talks to the pilot

Pilots of the Normandie-Niemen Air Regimentat a festive buffet reception

The commander of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment, Lt. Col. Louis Delfino, gives an interview. France. Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

The solemn ceremony of presentation the Order of the Legion of Honor to the flag of the Normandie-Niemen Regiment

French pilots march along the airfield. France, Paris, Le Bourget Airport

Soviet mechanic Yuri Filippovich Fedorin and French pilot Roger Sauvage are talking near the plane.

The Normandie-Niemen Air Regimentmeeting

Yak-3 fighters of the "Normandie-Niemen" Air Regimentdonated to French pilots by I.V. Stalin

Return to the homeland of the Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment.

Presentation of the Order of the Legion of Honor to the legendary Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment

Minister of Aeronautics and Armaments Charles Tillon presents the Order of the Legion of Honor to the legendary Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment

Colonel Pierre Pouyade (from July 1943 to December 1944 - commander of the Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment)

Waiting for the Normandy-Neman Air Regiment pilots to return to Homeland

The Chief of the General Staff of the French Air Force, General Marsial Valen, awards one of the pilots of the Normandy-Niemen air regiment. France, Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

The solemn ceremony of presentation the Order of the Legion of Honor to the flag of the Normandie-Niemen Regiment

The solemn ceremony of awarding the Order of the Legion of Honor to the flag of the Normandie-Niemen Regiment. France, Paris, the Courtyard of the Legion of Honor of the Invalides, June 1945

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