[lit-ideas] Re: Saint Exupery

I think Lawrence has given the argument to the best hypothesis. It could also have been that Rippert was flying toward Saint-Exupéry, either head-on or at a slight angle. That would make any difference between the two aircrafts' speeds less relevant. I seem to remember that there were a number of versions of the P-38 and that Lawrence's old firm was always tinkering with it. 

Robert Paul
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Lawrence wrote


As to how he did it in his Messerschmidt: 'The fliers clashed in the skies
over southern France in July 1944. "He was below me," said Rippert. "I saw
his markings, manoeuvred myself behind him and shot him down. If I had known
it was Saint-Exupery, I would never have shot him down. I loved his books. I
am shocked and sorry. Who knows what other great books he would have gone on
to write?"


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