RUSSIA / DEFENCE: World War II French ’Normandie-Niemen’ Squadron in Russia (1943)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit The Normandie-Niemen squadron was a fighter squadron of the French Air Force. It served on? Full Description: RUSSIA: EXT Seven Free French pilots walking towards and past camera French pilots playing chess under wing of plane. Close up Free French pilot Close up Soviet airman Soldiers playing chess Close up chess board Two men playing chess playing suddenly get up and rush off Pilot into plane Close up pilot putting helmet on in plane Close up pilot in plane talking Close up nose of plane with propeller turning Chess board being disarranged by wind from propeller Spitfire with Russian star on it taxiing off, another plane in foreground LOW ANGLE two Spitfires towards and past taking off Close up French airman standing by field wireless looking into sky GROUND TO AIR two planes in air, one dives away from the other Close up French military man (with Russian soldier by