Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Saint-Exupéry na karshe da aka ba da aikin bincike shi ne tattara bayanan sirri game da motsin sojojin Jamus a ciki da kewayen Rhone Valley kafin a fara yakin basasa.
Harin haɗin gwiwa na kudancin Faransa ("Operation Dragoon"). Ko da yake an sake mayar da shi zuwa ga tsohuwar rundunarsa tare da tanadi cewa ya tashi ne kawai a cikin ayyuka biyar, a ranar 31 ga Yuli, 1944, ya tashi a cikin wani P-38 mara kyau a kan aikinsa na tara daga wani jirgin sama a Corsica. Ga babban firgita na squadron 'yan'uwanmu, ya ba ya dawo, bace ba tare da wata alama. Labarin bacewarsa ba da daɗewa ba ya bazu a duk faɗin duniyar adabi sannan kuma ya bazu zuwa kanun labarai na duniya. An gano wani jikin da ba a san shi ba a cikin ragowar kayan aiki kwanaki da yawa bayan bacewarsa a gabashin tsibirin Frioul da ke kudu da Marseille kuma an binne shi a Carqueiranne a watan Satumba.