Luftwaffe pilot who shot down St. Exupery found

[stonecutter]

Luftwaffe veteran Horst Rippert claims to have shot down famous French author's P-38 Lightning reconnaissance aircraft over the Mediterranean on July 31 1944.

In French:

L'homme qui a abattu l'avion de St-Exupéry aurait été retrouvé

******* - Samedi 15 mars, 19h04

PARIS (*******) - Un Allemand, qui se présente comme un ancien combattant de la Luftwaffe, déclare dans un livre à paraître qu'il est celui qui a abattu le 31 juillet 1944 au-dessus de la Méditerranée Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, l'auteur du "Petit prince".

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080315/tts-france-saint-exupery-ca02f96.html

[helomech]

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[miguelencanarias]

Tell me, is it true that the fall of St. Exupery's plane was witnessed by some Royal Marines who were at the time in a beach assault exercise but happened to land on a pool of mud, thus adding a hilarious moment to the otherwise tragic circumstances of St. Exupery's death? I think there is some footage of the moment. We should add it here in this thread...

[stonecutter]

Wow. Disrespectful and stupid, to boot. Nice contribution.

[Breakfast in Vegas]

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