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Pilot Horst Rippert claimed Saint Exupéry : 31 July 1944 / 15 March 2008 !

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19th March 2008, 02:15

Tom Semenza Tom Semenza is offline

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Re: Pilot Horst Rippert claimed Saint Exupéry : 31 July 1944 / 15 March 2008 !

Here's another bizare twist on the Saint Exupery story. I just found this quote from a caption in Osprey's "French Aces of World War 2" by Barry Ketley:

"Cleared to fly another five missions, Saint Exupery successfully completed eight from Bastia before being shot down into the sea by two pre-production Fw 190D-9s on 31 July 1944 off St Raphael." (!?!)

This seems even more incredible than Rippert's claim.

Tom

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