A certain number of French fighter pilots who will not accept the Second Armistice at Compiègne nor Vichy's orders decide to join the USSR. Once they have reached Moscow they resume training and form a squadron they call "Normandie". Reinforced in 1944, the squadron wins many victories. Following the acts of valor displayed by its pilots during the Battle of the Nieman River, it becomes the "Normandie-Niemen" squadron for the rest of times...
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Pierre TrabaudLe lieutenant Chardon | Le lieutenant Chardon |
 Giani EspositoLemaître | Lemaître |
| GGérard BuhrLe capitaine de Liron | Le capitaine de Liron |
 Vladimir GusevLe lieutenant Zykov | Le lieutenant Zykov |
 Nikolai RybnikovLe capitaine Tarasenko | Le capitaine Tarasenko |
 Gennadiy YukhtinTekhnik | Tekhnik |
 Yuri MedvedevLe sergent Ivanov | Le sergent Ivanov |
 Georges RivièreLe lieutenant Benoît | Le lieutenant Benoît |
 Marc CassotLe commandant Marcellin | Le commandant Marcellin |
 Vitali DoroninLe général Komarov | Le général Komarov |
 Nicolas BatailleLe lieutenant Castor | Le lieutenant Castor |
 Jacques BernardPérier | Périer |
 Roland ChalosseLe docteur Georges Lebiedensky | Le docteur Georges Lebiedensky |
 Nikolai LebedevLe colonel Sinitsyn | Le colonel Sinitsyn |
 Valentin GaftMille | Mille |
 Nina GrebeshkovaNot listed | Not listed |
 Natalya KrachkovskayaDevushka v forme | Devushka v forme |
 Richard WincklerLieutenant Simonet | Lieutenant Simonet |
 Vladimir SeleznyovAppearing (uncredited) | Appearing (uncredited) |