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
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. Saint-Ex
Born in Lyon into a noble family, Saint-Exupéry was a "dreamy" child fascinated by mechanics and flight. On July 31, 1944, he vanished while flying