About the book: year / Written in May 1944 at the request of the American journalist John Phillips, one of those who contributed to the return of Saint-Exupery to duty. In mid-May, initially enlisted in Bomber Command, the writer finally rejoined Reconnaissance Air Group 2/33 and was cleared for combat flights. His article was not published during his lifetime, and only in April 1945 was it heard in one of the American radio programs. Sergey Zenkin