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Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Antoine de Saint-Exupery. By Jessica Bruce (Marie-Claire). Born June 29, 1900 Lyons, France 3 rd of 5 Children Jean de Saint Exupery Marie de Fonscolombe Father died in 1904 of Stroke. Began Education at Home Catholic school Notre Dame de Montgre

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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  1. Antoine de Saint-Exupery By Jessica Bruce (Marie-Claire)

  2. Born June 29, 1900 • Lyons, France • 3rd of 5 Children • Jean de Saint Exupery • Marie de Fonscolombe • Father died in 1904 of Stroke

  3. Began Education at Home • Catholic school • Notre Dame de Montgre • ( demi-pensionnaire ) • Villa Saint-Jean Switzerland • Failed Final Oral Exams • At Naval Prep School

  4. Joined Military 1921 • 2nd Regiment of Chasseurs • Strasbourg • Earned Commercial Pilots • license 1922 • Broken Engagement to • Louise de Vilmorin

  5. Married Consuelo Gomez Carillo • 1931 • Natalie Paley • Silvia Reinhardt • Helen de Vogue

  6. First Flight July 12, 1912 • Pilot Gabriel Salvez

  7. First Solo Flight 1921 • Commercial Pilots License 1922 • Director of Cape Juby Airfield 1928

  8. Moved to South America 1929 • Director of Aeroposta Argentina • Test Pilot for Air France • Crashed in Sahara 1935 • Guatemala 1937

  9. Rejoined French Army After the • Fall of France in WWII • Received the Croix de Guerre

  10. Petitioned Eisenhower to Join the • Free French Air force • Couldn’t Dress Himself or Turn Left • Due to Past Injuries

  11. In 1998 a Fisherman found A Bracelet • Engraved With His Name • Remains of His P-38 Lightning Were • Found In 2000

  12. “If I am wounded, I will have someone to take care of me, if I am killed, I will have someone to wait for in eternity, and if I come back, I will have someone to come back to.”

  13. References Antoine de Saint-Exupery Written by Joy D. Marie Robinson The Tale of the Rose Written by Consuela de Saint-Exupery Saint-Exupery: A Biography Written by Stacy Schiff http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/exupery.htm http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Antoine_de_Saint-Exupery.aspx http://www.poemhunter.com/antoine-de-saint-exupery/biography/ http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/08/17/nnp/17682.html http://www.iwc.com/en-us/experiences/100th-anniversary-of-antoine-de-st-exuperys-first-flight/

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