FRENCH EAGLES, SOVIET HEROES: The French Normandie-Niemen Squadrons on the Eastern Front 1943-45

For the first time in the English language the story is told of the most highly decorated French Air Fighter Group of all time.Their battle honours included Kursk, Smolensk, Berezina, Niemen and Koenigsberg.They became the second highest scoring Fighter Regiment of the Red Air Force. Normandie’s Marcel Albere was to become France’s top ace of WW2.Their reputation like that of the British Commandos was such that Field Marshal Keitel issued orders that Normandie pilots were to be executed on capture.They flew the Yak-3 the best dogfighter of WW2, they outflew and outfought the crack German JG51 Moulders Group in East Prussia.They became the first western allies to capture and occupy German territory.Uniquely in June 1945, Stalin gave every French pilot a Yak-3 to return home in.The book contains a comprehensive roll of every pilot, including their victories, awards and casualties.Normandie had racked up an impressive 273 confirmed victories and another 36 probables.An amazing aerial combat story of a fearless group of pilots who served France in her darkest hours.

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Product Code:	8842
Author:	John D. Clarke
ISBN:	0750940743
Format:	2005. 288pp, with 3 maps and 40 b/w illustrations, hb. Published Price £19.95
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