bagration, including the defeat of enemy troops at the airfields of bolbasovo in the varshansky region, dakudovkrupsky, podtolochin and bar. for its successful action in crossing the neman, the regiment was given the honorary name neman. 148 pilots of the normandy neman air regiment flew over 5.00 sorties, conducted 869 air battles, shot down about 280 enemy aircraft and damaged 80. many of them were awarded orders and medals of the ussr, and four were awarded the title of hero of the soviet union. in honor of the regiment normandy neman. a street in borisov is named. during this period, french pilots accompanied bombers on combat missions. and they managed to do this absolutely without a single loss. this was especially distinguished, so to speak, and as a special merit. yes, here in the soviet union they had to retrain on soviet aircraft, get used to completely different conditions, weather, natural conditions, and so on. well , by the time of operation bagration, in general, they had already gained quite a lot of combat experience and indeed they were masters and pilots business, who are the