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Gaël Taburet is not anymore

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Col. Taburet just took-off for the last time today. At 97 years old, he was the last surviving pilot of the French volunteer regiment Normandie-Niemen which fought on the Eastern Front from 1943 to 45.

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He started his carrer in the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force) at 18 in 1939 and arrived in U.S.S.R. in 1944, finishing the war with six confirmed victories and one probable. He then later kept on serving in Indochina and Algeria before retiring in 63.

The mechanic André Peyronie now remains the last survivor of the whole regiment which claimed 273 victories and lost 52 pilots.

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