Air force

Pilots of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment at a festive buffet reception. In the center is the commander of the air regiment, Lt. Col. Louis Delfino, to the right (in profile) is General Marie-Pierre Koenig, commander of the French occupation forces in Germany. France. Paris, June 1945

Minister of Aeronautics and Arm Forces Charles Tillon congratulates the pilots of the Normandy-Neman air regiment on their arrival and shakes hands with the chief engineer of the Normandy-Neman air regiment, Captain Sergei Davidovich Agavelyan. Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

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

Soviet and French pilots and aircraft mechanics watching the air show. In the front row, from left to right: Major Pierre Mattress, commander of the 3rd Sherbour squadron, Captain Sergey Davidovich Agavelyan, chief engineer of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment, Alexander Laurent, pilot of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment. France. Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

The meeting of Soviet and French servicemen. 5th to the right, in profile - General Jean Marie de Lattre de Tassigny, with a cap in his hands - Colonel Pierre Pouyade, in the center - Captain Sergei Davidovich Agavelyan, chief engineer of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment. Germany, Stuttgart, June 1945

French pilots in full uniform are standing on the airfield awaiting departure to France. Some hold rifles. Germany, Elbing, June 1945

General Jean Marie de Lattre de Tassigny shakes hands with the pilot of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment, sitting in the cockpit of the Yak-3 bomber. Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

Pilots of the Normandie-Niemen regiment discuss the upcoming flight. On the left, with glasses - M. Guido. Germany, Elbing, June 1945

Germany’s aircraft-building plant seized by Soviet troops near Poznań

Lieutenant Strobynin’s plane in the sky over Budapest

Air raid

Marshal A. Vasilevsky with officers in the Simferopol Airport

Torpedo emerges from the aircraft hatch

British air-fighter Sergeant Howe at Vaenga at airfield

British pilot at the airfield