This account of a reconnaissance flight over occupied France is most probablybased on de Saint-Exupery's personal experience during World War II.

This account of a reconnaissance flight over occupied France is most probablybased on de Saint-Exupery's personal experience during World War II.

A recollection of the shattering days during World War II when, though the fall of France was imminent, a handful of French pilots continued to fight on against the Germans. Translated by Lewis Galanti re.