Sahara Crash -1935- copyright free in Egypt 3634 StEx 1 -cropped, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 31 December 1935

Antoine de saint-exupéry standing next to his caudron c. 630 simoun, crashed in the sahara desert at approx. 150 m. P. H. On 30 december 1935, during the paris-to-saigon air race. Saint-exupéry and his copilot-mechanic prévot miraculously survived unscathed. Pour l'ami hirsch. En souvenir de journées mélancoliques. Mirage d'un bar (for my friend hirsch. In memory of melancholy days. . Mirage of a bar). Date: 31 December 1935.