Biggles: The Camels Are Coming

Biggles: The Camels Are Coming
Author: W E Johns
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2008-09-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1409022501

DEATH TRAP! Air combat is the order of the day in the final days of the First World War. Duelling high above the trenches, Biggles knows that he needs more than just flying skills to survive. The enemy is now using their own British aircraft, the Sopwith Camel, to lure them to their deaths. A devil to fly, invaluably fast in a dogfight, this machine commands fierce loyalty from its pilots. Will luck and initiative be enough to keep Biggles alive? Join cult hero and flying ace, Squadron Leader James Bigglesworth on another action packed adventure!

Biggles of the Camel Squadron

Biggles of the Camel Squadron
Author: Capt. W.E. Johns
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 190
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1479479071

Biggles of the Camel Squadron< is a collection of short stories covering the exploits of Biggles when he served as a Sopwith Camel pilot with 266 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, at the front lines in France during World War I.

Biggles Flies East

Biggles Flies East
Author: Captain W. E. Johns
Publisher: Canelo
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2024-07-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1835980082

Biggles turns double agent! Biggles is in London on leave from the Front when he is approached by a stranger who greets him as ‘Captain Brunow’. Curious, Biggles plays along with the mistaken identity, and is quickly offered the chance to become a spy for the Germans! Reporting the encounter to Air Staff Intelligence, Biggles is encouraged to seize the opportunity and find out all he can about a German known only as El Shereef, operating somewhere in Palestine... Biggles soon finds himself in Zabala, a German aerodrome in Palestine, reporting to Count von Fauborg of the German Secret Service and his chief of staff, one Erich von Stalhein – the first appearance of Biggles’ greatest nemesis. As Biggles draws closer to unmasking El Shereef, at all times he must ensure his own identity is never revealed, or he will be shot as a spy. A tense, thrilling Biggles espionage adventure in the deserts of the Levant.

Biggles & Co.

Biggles & Co.
Author: Captain W. E. Johns
Publisher: Canelo
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2024-09-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1835980198

Biggles must thwart the schemes of an international gang of thieves! Paul Cronfelt, head of a firm of bullion brokers called Cronfelt and Carstairs, has a problem. Shipments of gold and precious stones being ferried between European capitals by aeroplane are being lost, the planes either crashing in mysterious circumstances or else landing without the valuables they set off with. The situation cannot be allowed to continue, and he needs a brave, daring pilot who can find out what is happening and put a stop to it, once and for all. He needs Biggles, and asks him to set up a new airline to transport the valuable cargo. Biggles is reluctant to take on the enterprise. Until, that is, he receives a mysterious telephone call from Germany, warning him off... Together with Algy, Ginger and Smyth, Biggles & Co. is born! A 24-carat Biggles adventure packed with daring schemes awaits...

Biggles in France

Biggles in France
Author: Captain W. E. Johns
Publisher: Canelo
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2024-07-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1835980163

Biggles makes a name for himself as a crack fighter pilot. The insanity of World War One shows no sign of letting up, and for the pilots of 266 Squadron the missions over No Man’s Land continue. But, not one to let a bad situation get him down, Biggles and his pals find ways to keep themselves entertained. From rustling a turkey for Christmas dinner to staging competitions to see who can drop propaganda leaflets furthest over the Lines, the pilots revel in the thrills of flying. But tragedy is never far away in wartime. When a British pilot is killed in cold blood, Biggles joins his comrades to seek revenge... A classic set of Biggles’ adventures. Chocks away!

Biggles Learns to Fly

Biggles Learns to Fly
Author: Captain W. E. Johns
Publisher: Canelo
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2024-05-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1835980147

Biggles takes the controls for the first time! Fifteen hours. That is all the flying training seventeen-year-old Biggles receives before gaining his ‘wings’ and being sent to carry out missions over the battlefields of France. Biggles quickly gets to grips with his new plane, but is completely inexperienced in aerial combat. He must rely on the more knowledgeable men in his Flight if he is to survive the German attacks. But it isn’t long before he finds himself in the gun sights of von Richthofen, the dreaded Red Baron himself... Does Biggles have what it takes to be a real fighter pilot? Get ready for all the thrills and spills of Biggles’ origin story as he gets his first taste of combat.

Biggles Defends the Desert

Biggles Defends the Desert
Author: Captain W. E. Johns
Publisher: Canelo
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2024-11-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1804368725

Seven missing planes and a compromised air-route... Sounds like a job for Biggles! Mid-way through the Second World War, there has been suspicious activity along a vital British air corridor between the West coast of Africa and the Middle East. Aircraft have been disappearing with no explanation; urgent stores, dispatches and important officials have failed to arrive at their destinations. Something must be interfering with this vital route, and the British Government knows just who to send to investigate the mystery: Biggles and his squadron set out for the desert. However, they soon discover that this is no quick fix. A German squadron located in the desert presents an unexpected threat, and Biggles finds himself in peril once again... Join Captain James Bigglesworth to solve a wartime mystery...

Biggles Defies the Swastika

Biggles Defies the Swastika
Author: Captain W. E. Johns
Publisher: Canelo
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2024-11-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1804368709

Biggles gets caught up in a game of spies! Biggles is deep undercover on a reconnaissance operation in Norway. His alias: Norwegian citizen Sven Hendrik. His mission: to map useful landing sites for British aircraft. But when the Germans invade without warning, Biggles finds himself trapped. Using his passable Norwegian, his fluent German and one hell of a bluff, he is able to pass himself off as a German sympathiser, and is quickly admitted into the German Air Force! This puts him in a unique position to gather vital information on the enemy, and British Air Intelligence instructs him to stay where he is. Biggles must work quickly to send intelligence back home, whilst also helping the Germans track down a known British pilot believed to be in the area. Only, the pilot’s name is familiar – very familiar, in fact... Out in the cold and taking orders from both sides, Biggles’ loyalty is put to the test.