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SAINT-EXUPERY, la dernière mission DVD cover.

TV Movie (1994)

Starring:
Bernard Giraudeau (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry )
Maria de Medeiros (Consuelo)
Frédéric van den Driessche (Mermoz)
Jean-Paul Comart (Guillaumet)

Two days befrore his last mission, Commandant (major) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry recalls the highlights of his pilot's life.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Old soldier used during Overlord.

Douglas C-47 c/n 9172, s/n 42-23310.

Bloch MB.174

Radio controlled model acting as the plane used during the Battle of France missions.

Junkers Ju-87B Stuka

This exact same footage is already seen in others movies - look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

This exact same footage is already seen in others movies - look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Latécoère 26-2.R

F-AILA, a Latécoère 26-2.R (c/n 653).
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Breguet 19 TR Super Bidon n°3 Point d'interrogation

Latécoère 29

Mermoz never flew the Latécoère 29 (the military model -this one attached to Berre sea base-) but the similar and civil Latécoère 28.3.

Latécoère 29 #7

Stampe SV4 (modified as RAF SE5a Replica)

World War One scenes filmed at Aérodrome de La Ferté-Alais / La Ferté-Alais Airfield (LFFQ) (IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations).

Aviatik C & Caudron G.3 & Dewoitine D.27

Aviatik replica built from a D.H. Tiger Moth.

Morane-Saulnier AI

On the left, registration F-AZAP.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Morane-Saulnier MS.138-Ep2

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Breguet 14

Archive footage about François COLI -here at the end of the WWI- to illustrate the mai 1927 trial over the North Atlantic.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Boeing-Stearman Model 75 acting as Breguet 14

Aircraft with a radial engine and false registration (F-AHEP was Breguet XIV #239 in the twenties).
This aircraft is really registered under F-AZJR.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Levasseur PL 8 Oiseau blanc

Aircraft used by François COLI and Charles NUNGESSER in their unsuccessful trial over the North Atlantic.

Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis

Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

North American P-51D Mustang

This aircraft was destroyed on 24th July 1998 at take-off. Already seen in Empire of the Sun.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg. F-AZFI, s/n 44-63788.

Lockheed P-38 J Lightning

Lockheed P-38 J, N3145X, c/n 42-67543, rebuilt by Steve Hinton in 1991; then owned by Stephen Grey; acting as a F-5B, 42-68223, last aircraft of Saint-Exupéry (so the serial worn should be 268223, not this seen on the plane). Final fate: destroy at Duxford on 14 July 1996.

Lockheed P-38 J, N3145X.

Couzinet 71 Arc en ciel III

Registration F-AMBV, c/n 01. Modified in 1933-34 with streched fuselage, new shape of Windows, additional "pig" fins on the tail wings, etc... becomes Couzinet 71.

Reg. F-AMBV Couzinet 70 Arc en ciel III of Aéropostale.

Latécoère 300

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 == [[:Category: Stampe SV4|Stampe SV4 (modified as RAF SE5a Replica)]] ==
-World War One scenes filmed at Aérodrome de La Ferté-Alais / La Ferté-Alais Airfield (LFFQ) ([[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft#Locations|IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations]] ).
+World War One scenes filmed at Aérodrome de La Ferté-Alais / La Ferté-Alais Airfield (LFFQ) ([[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations]]).
 [[Image:SEDM RAF-SE5a DSCF0275.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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 == [[:Category: North American P-51 Mustang | North American P-51D Mustang ]] ==
-This aircraft was destroyed on 24th july 1998 at take-off. Already seen in [[Empire of the Sun]].<br>
+This aircraft was destroyed on 24th July 1998 at take-off. Already seen in [[Empire of the Sun]].<br>
 Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].
 [[Image:SEDM P-51 DSCF0287.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. F-AZFI, s/n 44-63788.]]
 == [[:Category: Lockheed P-38 Lightning|Lockheed P-38 J Lightning]] ==
-Lockheed P-38 J,  N3145X, c/n 42-67543, rebuilt by Steve Hinton in 1991; then owned by Stephen Grey; acting as a F-5B, 42-68223, last aircraft of Saint-Exupéry (so the serial worn should be 268223, not this seen on the plane). Final fate : destroy at Duxford on 14 july 1996.
+Lockheed P-38 J,  N3145X, c/n 42-67543, rebuilt by Steve Hinton in 1991; then owned by Stephen Grey; acting as a F-5B, 42-68223, last aircraft of Saint-Exupéry (so the serial worn should be 268223, not this seen on the plane). Final fate: destroy at Duxford on 14 July 1996.
 [[Image:SEDM P-38 DSCF0289.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Lockheed P-38 J,  N3145X.]]
 [[Image:SEDM P-38 DSCF0292.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Lockheed P-38 J,  N3145X.]]