1939年德国法西斯入侵法国，鉴于圣·德克旭贝里曾多次受伤，医生认为他
不能再入伍参战；但经他坚决要求，参加了抗德战争，被编入 2/33 空军侦察大
队。1940年法国在战争中溃败，他所在的部队损失惨重，该部被调往阿尔及尔，
随后即被复员，他只身流亡美国。在美国期间，他继续从事写作，1940年发表了
《战斗飞行员》，1943年发表了《给一个人质的信》以及《小王子》。
1943年，在他的强烈要求下，他回到法国在北非的抗战基地阿尔及尔。他的
上级考虑到他的身体和年龄状况，只同意他执行五次飞行任务，他却要求到八次，
1944年7月31日上午，他出航执行第八次任务，从此再也没有回来，牺牲时，年
仅44岁。
PS. 我在1993年的一份参考消息上看到一则简讯，在欧洲某地的一个
湖中，发现了圣·德克旭贝里的飞机残骸。这次搜索是经过对他最后一次出航的
线路和德军当时的空军记录研究以后进行的，经过认证确认是那架失踪了半个世
纪的侦察机。为了纪念这位伟大的战士和文学家，当地决定为这架飞机的残骸建
立一个博物馆，以他的名字命名，陈列他的作品和遗物。原文我曾经剪下来保存，
但是目前不在身边，上面是凭记忆写的。如有出入，请多包涵。 Loking 注。
SAINT-EXUPERY, Antoine de (1900-44). An adventurous ilot and a lyrical
oet, Antoine de Saint-Exupery veyed in his books the solitude and stibsp;
grandeur of the early days of flight. He described dangerous adventures in the
skies and also wrote the whiibsp;children's fable 'The Little Prince'.
Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupery was born on June 29, 1900, in Lyon, Franbsp;
In the 1920s he helped establish airil routes overseas. During World War II he
flew as a litary reaissanbspilot. After the Gerns occupied Franbsp;in 1940,
he escaped to the United States. He rejoined the air forbsp;in North Afribsp;in 1943.
During what was to have been his final reaissanbsp;ssion over the Mediterranean
Sea, he died when his ne was shot down on July 31, 1944.
Saint-Exupery's first book, 'Southern Mail', was about the life and death of an
airil ilot. It was ublished in Frenbsp;in 1929. Other books include 'Night
Flight' (1931), about the first airline ilots, and 'Wind, Sand, and Stars' (1939),
in whibsp;he describes his feelings during flights over the desert.
'The Little Prinbsp;(1943), whibsp;in a way is really a children's book for
grown-ups, was written during Saint-Exupe
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