Yak-9T - Documentation

Markus Antonius
interessting subject... do you have more information on those photographs? am i right that these are german pilots and one german serviceman?

blackberu
No, these are French pilots fighting alongside the Russians. They had fled to USSR when France capitulated in 1940, and were regrouped in a squadron called the "Normandie-Niémen". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandie-Niemen

The pilots had seemingly kept their French uniform, and the ground personnel were Russians. René Challe, the pilot of plane nb. 60, claimed 8 kills during the war. You can find more information about two of the pictures above here: airpages.ru/eng/ru/aircraft_ru.shtml