frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (left) and the man who shot him down, Horst Rippert. The story is a few days old, but becomes interesting again because the face of the man who downed his favorite author has been revealed: How a German wartime flying ace discovered he shot down his hero. A German fighter ace has just learned that [...]
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
An incredible coincidence: A German fighter ace has just learned that one of his 28 wartime 'kills' was his favourite author. Messerschmidt pilot Horst Rippert, 88, said he would have held his fire if he had known the man flying...
kottke (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
A German fighter ace has just learned that one of his 28 wartime 'kills' was his favourite author. Messerschmidt pilot Horst Rippert, 88, said he would have held his fire if he had known the man flying the Lightning fighter was renowned French novelist Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction . (via clusterflock ) ( link )
Daimnation! (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
...Not at him." That is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a great minstrel of the romance of aviation: THE 63-year-old mystery surrounding the death of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the celebrated French aviator and author of the beloved book Le Petit Prince, has...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
Source: [b]BBC[/b] A former Luftwaffe fighter pilot may have ended the 64-year-old mystery surrounding the death of French writer and aviator, Antoine de Saint-Exupery. The author of The Little Prince disappeared during a wartime aerial reconnaissance mission in July 1944. In 2004, wreckage f...
GalliaWatch (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
If you're a fan of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , or have an interest in unsolved literary mysteries, this article should be of interest to you. Saint-Exupéry (called "Saint-Ex") was not only one of France's most admired writers of the 1930's and 40's, he was a hero of the Second World War, a pilot of great courage who disappeared in 1944 while on a mission. The whereabouts of the...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
A former pilot for Nazi Germany's air force writes in a forthcoming book that he believes he shot down the author of "The Little Prince," Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
Drudge Retort (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
Horst Rippert, an 88-year old former pilot of Germany's Luftwaffe, has said in a forthcoming book that he may have killed French writer and war pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupery in 1944. Saint-Exupery, who achieved worldwide fame with his fairy-tale-like book The Little Prince , died in mysterious circumstances when his plane came down near Marseilles while on a reconnaissance mission. His body has never...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 03/16/2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Horst Rippert, an 88-year old former pilot of Germany's Luftwaffe, has said in a forthcoming book that he may have killed French writer and war pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupery in 1944. Share This
Reuters (Free subscription) | 03/16/2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Horst Rippert, an 88-year old former pilot of Germany's Luftwaffe, has said in a forthcoming book that he may have killed French writer and war pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupery in 1944.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 03/16/2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Horst Rippert, an 88-year old former pilot of Germany's Luftwaffe, has said in a forthcoming book that he may have killed French writer and war pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupery in 1944.
News & Information (Free subscription) | 03/16/2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Horst Rippert, an 88-year old former pilot of Germany's Luftwaffe, has said in a forthcoming book that he may have killed French writer and war pilot Antoine de……Read more
France24 (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
Sixty-four years after Antoine de Saint-Exupery's fighter plane disappeared off France's Mediterranean coast, former German pilot Horst Rippert admitted he had unknowingly shot down the author of legendary fantasy tale, "The Little Prince".
