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Antoine de Saint Exupery was born
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His father tragically died from a stroke. Which was 4 years after he was born. The death of his father greatly impacted his family's life.
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He attended Jesuit schools in Montgre and Le Mans, and a catholic Boarding school in Switzerland.
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He began his military service with the 2nd Regiment of Light Calvary. And was sent to Neuhof, near Stratsburg. When he was there he took private flying lessons and the following year was offered a transfer from the French Army to the French Air Force.
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He was flying again. I'm he was very anxious to start again. He became one of the pioneers of international postal flight.
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He married Consuelo Suncin. She was a twice-widowed Salvadoran Countess, writer, and artist.
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He crashed in the Sahara desert. He was trying to break a record with Andre Prevot and win 150,000 franc. The aircraft was a Coudron Simnoun, and the crash site was near the Wadi Natrun Valley.
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He wrote The Little Prince. Which is the most translated novel in the world. He worked on the Little Prince for the whole summer and part of autumn.
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He departed to fly with the Free French Air Force and flight with the Allies in a Mediteranean-based squad.
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He died.
