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French ace laid to rest

Tags: Marcel Albert, Normandie-Niemen, World War II, Society, World, News
 
Aug 30, 2010 21:41 Moscow Time
Marcel Albert. © Collage: "Voice of Russia"
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The WWII French ace Marcel Albert has been laid to rest in Chipley, Florida. He died in a retirement house last Monday at 92. .

In November 1942, Albert arrived in the Soviet Union to battle the Nazis as a pilot of the Normandie-Niemen fighter squadron. Beginning with June 1943, he scored 23 kills. Albert earned high honours from France and was also Hero of the Soviet Union. 

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