So it is finally confirmed. In the Roches de Marseille, off the Île de Riou, off Cap Crosette near Marseille in about 200ft. He went down on 31Jun1944 flying a Lightning F-5B-1-LO (42-68223) for the Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres, G.R. II/33 “Belfort” based out of Bastia/Borgo, Corsica. He took off at 0845h, last radar contact from Corsica at 0930h. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1900-1944, he had 6500 flight hours.
Have you guys read some of his books?
By: atc pal - 9th April 2004 at 22:41
There was a book out in 1994:
“Les Derniers Jours de Saint-Exupéry”
with photos by Life phothographer John Phillips.
The amazing thing about those b&w illustrations is the incredible detail those old large format negatives give us (sorely missed!)
Best regards
By: fantasma_337 - 9th April 2004 at 18:16
Going to a French School, he was one of the first ( and my favourite ) French 20th century writers I was taught to read…
Its good we finally found out what hapenned to him, and the ‘mystique’ will not fade away…
By: Arthur - 8th April 2004 at 09:07
“Le petit prince” is probably the only piece of French literature i’ve read in French. It’s a good (and easy!) read, and the illustrations (by the author) really complete the book.
Here is the bloke.
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