After France fell in 1940, he lived in exile in New York before returning to fly reconnaissance missions for the Free French Air Force in 1943.
On July 31, 1944, he vanished while flying an unarmed Lockheed F-5B over the Mediterranean. His plane's wreckage was not confirmed until 2000, off the coast of Marseille. 2. Literary Contributions The Courageous, Intransigent Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Saint-Ex
Born in Lyon into a noble family, Saint-Exupéry was a "dreamy" child fascinated by mechanics and flight. After France fell in 1940, he lived in
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