Flight to Arras
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Mariner Books
<p><B>The World War II aviator and author of <I>The Little Prince</I> tells his true story of flying a reconnaissance plane during the Battle of France in 1940.</B><BR /> When the Germans first invaded France in May of 1940, the French Air Force had a mere fifty reconnaissance crews, twenty-three of which served in Antoine de Saint-Exup&eacute;ry's Group ll/33. After only a few days of the invasion, seventeen of the crews in Saint-Exup&eacute;ry's unit had already perished.<BR /> <BR /><I>Flight to Arras</I> is the harrowing story of a single mission over the French town of Arras, an endeavor Saint-Exup&eacute;ry realized the futility of even as he witnessed it unfold. Filled with tension, emotion, philosophy, and historical detail, and penned by a master storyteller, this extraordinary memoir serves as a record of a little-known chapter of the Second World War and an unforgettable portrait of the brave souls who fought despite desperate odds.</BR></p>