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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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29 June 1900 - 31 July 1944
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July 31, 1944 went from Borgo Aerodrome to the island of Corsica in a reconnaissance flight. For a long time, his death was not known. Only in 1998 in the sea near Marseille, a fisherman discovered a bracelet. It had several inscriptions: “Antoine”, “Consuelo” (the name of the pilot’s wife) and “c/o Reynal & Hitchcock, 386, 4th & nbsp;Ave. NYC & nbsp;USA”. This was the address of the publishing house, in which the books of Saint-Exupery were published. In May 2000, Luc Vanrell, a diver, stated that
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July 31, 1944 went from Borgo Aerodrome to the island of Corsica in a reconnaissance flight. For a long time, his death was not known. Only in 1998 in the sea near Marseille, a fisherman discovered a bracelet. It had several inscriptions: “Antoine”, “Consuelo” (the name of the pilot’s wife) and “c/o Reynal & Hitchcock, 386, 4th & nbsp;Ave. NYC & nbsp;USA”. This was the address of the publishing house, in which the books of Saint-Exupery were published. In May 2000, Luc Vanrell, a diver, stated that he had discovered the wreckage of an aircraft possibly belonging to Saint-Exupery at a depth of 70 meters.