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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

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

Colonel Pierre Pouyade (from July 1943 to December 1944 - commander of the 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

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

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

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

The Normandie-Niemen Air Regimentmeeting

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

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

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

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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