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Presentation of the order of the Legion of Honor to the legendary Normandie-Niemen air regiment for courage and battle merits. Regiment’s colours «honor and homeland» with the order of the Legion of Honor are in the hands of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Junior Lieutenant Jacques Andre. France, Paris, the Courtyard of the Legion of Honor of the Invalides, June 1945

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.

Yak-3 fighters of the "Normandie-Niemen" air regiment donated to French pilots by I.V. Stalin. France. Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

The Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment meeting. In the center Minister of Aeronautics and Arm Forces Charles Tillon. France. Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

Soviet mechanic Yuri Filippovich Fedorin and French pilot Roger Sauvage are talking near the plane. Their friendship began from the very first meeting. France, Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

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

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

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

Pilots of the Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment. In the center is the Hero of the Soviet Union, Junior Lieutenant Jacques Andre (with the flag of the regiment). France, Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 20, 1945

General Jean Marie de Lattre de Tassigny, Chief of the General Staff of the Defense of France and Inspector General of the Ground Forces, are talking with the Hero of the Soviet Union Roland de la Poype. Nearby is the commander of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment, Lt. Col. Louis Delfino, in the background are photo correspondents. France, Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

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