Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Basa rokupedzisira rokutsvaka rakapiwa Saint-Exupéry raiva rokuunganidza mashoko pamusoro pekufamba kwemauto eGermany mukati nokukomberedza Rhone Valley isati yasvika
Kupinda kweAllied kumaodzanyemba kweFrance ("Operation Dragoon"). Kunyange zvazvo akanga akadzorerwa kune ake ekare dzechikwata pamwe urongwa kuti akanga kubhururuka mishoni shanu chete, musi wa31 July 1944, akabhururuka ari unarmed P-38 pamusoro ake rechipfumbamwe basa rokuongorora kubva airbase musi Corsica. Kukushamiswa kukuru kwavanhu vomudungwe wake, haana kudzoka, achinyangarika pasina chiratidzo. Shoko rokutsakatika kwake rakakurumidza kupararira munyika yose yokunyora mabhuku uye ipapo rakapararira mumisoro mikuru yenyika dzakawanda. Mutumbi usingazivikanwi muzvisaririra zveunifomu wakawanikwa mazuva anoverengeka pashure pokutsakatika kwake kumabvazuva kweFrioul archipelago kumaodzanyemba kweMarseille uye wakavigwa muCarqueiranne muna September.