Mysterious Disappearance of Antoine de Saint Exupery Solved

Posted on 20. Mar, 2008 by Daniel Taylor in Blog, Lifestyle

Antoine de Saint Exupery, the author of what is probably one of the greatest books of all time (despite the fact that it’s basically a cartoon) The Little Prince, disappeared in 1944 while flying a reconnaissance during World War II. Though wreckage of his plane was found in 2004, the circumstances surrounding his apparent death were still mysterious, until now. A former pilot for the German Luftwaffe named Horst Rippert believes he may have shot down Exupery on July 31st, 1944 above France.
French newspaper Le Figaro has published [...]