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OverviewFlight to Arras is a memoir recounting the author's role in the French Air Force as pilot of a reconnaissance plane during the Battle of France in 1940. The book condenses months of his flights into a single terrifying mission over the town of Arras. At the start of the war there were only fifty reconnaissance crews, of which twenty-three were in his unit. Within the first few days of the German invasion of France in May 1940, seventeen of the crews were sacrificed recklessly, he writes like glasses of water thrown onto a forest fire . Saint-Exupery survived the French defeat but refused to join the Royal Air Force over political differences with de Gaulle. In July 1944, risking flesh to prove good faith , he failed to return from a recon mission over France. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Antoine De Saint-ExuperyPublisher: Blurb Imprint: Blurb Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.191kg ISBN: 9780464049586ISBN 10: 046404958 Pages: 124 Publication Date: 17 July 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |