Yakovlev Yak 3 1IAP Normandie Niemen 303IAD White 6 with Marcel Albert East Prussia

Yak 3 Normandie Niemen. Yakovlev Yak 3 1IAP Normandie Niemen 303IAD White 4 1944 01 In June1945 the 'regiment' returns to France with 40 YAK 3's courtesy of Joseph Stalin Le Groupe de Chasse Normandie-Niemen n'engagea ses Yak-3 qu'en décembre 1944, mais à son bord, les pilotes revendiquèrent 94 victoires singulières ou partagées en cinq mois.Le retour du Groupe qui avait combattu depuis 1942 aux côtés des Soviétiques eut lieu le 20 juin 1945

For its daring deeds, the "Normandie" received the title "Niemen Regiment" from the Soviet Supreme Commander and thus became the "Normandie-Niemen" GC 3 Normandie Niemen : Yak3 Louis Delfino "fino 00" GC3 Normandie Niemen, Aout 44

Yakovlev Yak 3 303IAD Normandie Niemen being refueled 1944 01

This time the harrying fire was from swarms of aircraft, including Yakovlev Yak-3 fighters flown by the Normandie-Niemen regiment of the Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres—the Free French Air. 37 Yak-3s were handed over to French Air Force and were used between June 1945 and April 1947 After returning to France, the 3/5 "Normandie-Niemen" regiment on Yak-3 fighters was based at the Le Bourget airfield

Yakovlev Yak3. Pour leur 3eme année de campagne le groupe Normandie-Niemen échange ses Yak -9 a bout de souffle pour des Yak -3 neufs And finally, on the 20th of June 1945, the Regiment arrives at Bourget to a hero's return.

Yakovlev Yak 3 1IAP Normandie Niemen 303IAD White 1 Stuttgart 1945 02. C'est sur cette monture que 99 des 273 victoires du régiment furent remportées The Normandy was reorganized into a two-squadron air defense regiment of 16 Yak-3s each, and on September 20, 1945, it was included in the structure of the Paris air defense district, thus returning to combat service.