France France - Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, Aviator and Author, flying a US P-38 aircraft, 31 July 1944

[Richard]

Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, Author of "The Little Prince" and Aviator went missing 31 July 1944 when flying a US P-38 aircraft.

LINKS:

The Little Prince | Plot, Analysis, & Facts

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Author of The Little Prince)

https://www.biography.com/writer/antoine-de-saint-exupery

 

[Richard]

Saint-Exupéry the missing aviator

July 31 1944, the commander Antoine de Saint-Exupéry gets into his plane, a Lockheed P-38 Lightning. His mission is: take photo over the Grenoble and Annecy to prepare the landing of Provence during the World War 2. Sadly the plane disappeared from radar control at 14:30, close to the côte d’azur. We will never see again the plane nor the writer (Saint-Exupéry) ! Mystery starts here.

The chain bracelet of the aviator is found

On 7 September 1998, a fisherman from Marseille, Jean-Claude Bianco, brought back in his nets a bracelet lettered with the name of the aviator. This discovery amazed the explorer and underwater photographer Luc Vanrell. This scuba diver did spot in the 80's a plane wreck he thought was German at 70 meters deep, near the island of Riou in the harbor of Marseille. Was it the plane of "The Little Prince" father ?

The Saint-Exupéry's plane is finally identified

Began a very difficult archaeological investigation because two planes are lying on the seabed at the exact same place and their remains are nested. We were able to identify the plane thank to the discovery of the turbocharger's panel. The number of the writer's aircraft ( 2734) followed by the letter L were written on the panel, with that unique piece there is no more doubt, this spot is the final destination for this great French aviator.
Today parts of the plane can be observed at the Paris museum and the rest still remains underwater but sadly disseminated by fishing nets...

LINK:

Plane Wreck of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Author Of Prince Is Discovered

 

[LadyL]

interesting

 

[Richard]

Missing for 75 years today.

 

[ZaZara]

He went MIA, but he isn't missing.

He went down with his aircraft over the Mediterranean sea near the coast and due to the circumstances his remains will not be found. There is no mystery here.

Such is war. Such is life.



Rest in Peace, Antoine de Saint Exupéry, mort pour la France.

 

[Isabelle98]

So sad...I love so much "The Little Prince"
RIP

 

[Richard]

The book "The Little Prince" was made into a radio play which aired on CBS 25 May 1956. It featured Raymond Burr (later of Perry Mason and Ironside fame) as the narrator. You can listen to it at the link below:

Cbs Radio Workshop 18 The Little Prince | Cbs Radio Workshop | Drama | Old Time Radio Downloads

 

[Richard]

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Antoine De Saint-Exupéry, Missing since 31 July 1944

 

[Richard]

LINK:

The Little Prince - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Richard]

This month marks the 80 year anniversary of the death of Antoine De Saint - Exupery.

 

[Richard]

Antione De Saint - Exupery was declared Missing in Action in July 1944, during World War Ii.

His identification bracelet was recovered from the ocean by a fisherman and the wreck of his aircraft was later located and positively identified, but his body was never found.

 

[Richard]

Missing for over 81 years.