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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

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

Return to the homeland of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment. In the square on the left are greeters and officials, on the right in the formation are French soldiers. In the background - landing aircrafts Yak-3. France, Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945.

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

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