Yak-3 fighter of the Normandie-Niemen regiment and US mechanic

May 29, 2016 #french, #Red Army, #US Army

Yak-3

 

Soviet fighter aircraft Yak-3 of the Normandie-Niemen regiment before the flight to France after the end of the Second World War.

The American mechanic inspects the cockpit. The airfield on the outskirts of Stuttgart city, Germany, in June 1945.

After World War II, 41 combat aircraft Yak-3, which had fought the French pilots of the Normandie-Niemen regiment, was donated to the French.
June 20, 1945 French pilots on Yak 3 fighter returned to their homeland. These Yak3 fighter standing on French armament until 1956.

 

 

Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Time taken: June 20, 1945

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