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  • 'Little Prince' Author's Plane Wreckage Found

    04/07/2004 7:24:43 PM PDT · by wjersey · 11 replies · 143+ views
    AP ^ | 4/7/2004 | Staff Writer
    <p>PARIS — It was one of French aviation's enduring mysteries: Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the pilot and author of the beloved tale "The Little Prince," took off on a World War II spy mission for the Allies and was never seen again. After 60 years, officials have confirmed that the twisted wreckage of a Lockheed Lightning P-38, found on the Mediterranean seabed not far from the rugged cliffs of Provence, belonged to Saint-Exupery, Air Force Capt. Frederic Solano said Wednesday.</p>
  • Saint-Exupery mystery solved: Little Prince author's plane found crashed off Marseille

    04/06/2004 8:13:51 PM PDT · by aculeus · 67 replies · 603+ views
    Expatica.com ^ | April 7, 2004 | AFP
    MARSEILLE, France, April 7 (AFP) - A French underwater salvage team has discovered the remains of the plane piloted by the author of "The Little Prince", Antoine de Saint-Exupery, six decades after his mysterious disappearance, state researchers said Wednesday. The pieces of the famous writer and aviator's Lockheed Lightning P38 aircraft, which vanished July 31, 1944 during a wartime reconnaissance mission, were found off the coast of the Mediterranean city of Marseille, the Culture Ministry's Department of Sub-aquatic and Submarine Archeological Research said. The discovery is a galvanising moment for France, which had long speculated as to the fate of...