The environs of wadi natrun have been identified as the likely site of where the plane of french aviator antoine de saint exupéry crashed on december 30 1935.

Antoine de saint exup c3 a9ry plane crash gif. Antoine marie jean baptiste roger comte de saint exupéry simply known as de saint exupéry uk. Publisher which was recovered from his last ultimate crash site in the mediterranean sea. They form a brief and intense loving friendship labile and comforting. After miraculously surviving the crash he and his plane s mechanic nearly died of thirst before being rescued by a nomad.

The caudron c 630 simoun with s n 7042 was ordered in july 1935 built and delivered to its owner antoine de saint exupéry in september 1935. Saint exupéry s bracelet is found by a fisherman near the mediterranean sea confirming the crash and plane debris was found in 2004. Antoine didn t speak english she didn t speak french. Antoine de saint exupéry was born on june 29 1900 in lyon.

Though highly unlikely you haven t heard of saint exupery s classic novella entitled the little prince. The exposition titled l année antoine de saint exupéry à toulouse exhibited selected personal artifacts of the author aviator including gloves photos posters maps manuscripts drawings models of the aircraft he flew some of the wreckage from his sahara desert plane crash and the personal silver identification bracelet engraved with his and consuelo s name presented by his u s. Saint exupéry continued to fly and write until the start of world war ii. After several trips in africa antoine de saint exupéry decided at the end of december to fly from paris to saigon to establish a new record.

In 1937 he was severely injured in guatemala in a plane crash. Identity bracelet of antoine de saint exupery. It s possible that you re unfamiliar with the name antoine de saint exupery. By the mid 1930s saint exupéry was an accomplished flier and desirous of breaking the air speed record from paris to london.

Unfortunately he and his navigator andre prevot crashed in the sahara. Brush up on some trivia by checking out these 75 facts you might not know about antoine de saint exupéry and the little prince. Antoine de saint exupéry met sylvia hamilton a young new york journalist at the beginning of 1942 thanks to his translator lewis galantière of whom she was a friend. Worn during his last mission with the 2 33 french reconnaissance group under the command of the mediterranean allied photo reconnaissance wing 31 july 1944.

29 june 1900 31 july 1944 was a french writer poet aristocrat journalist and pioneering aviator he became a laureate of several of france s highest literary awards and. It was during his convalescence that he wrote wind sand and stars which won the french academy s 1939 grand prix du roman and the national book award in the united states.

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