BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT

by Captain W. E. Johns

III. WHAT HAPPENED TO GINGER (Pages 31 - 44)

Ginger has been flying alongside Biggles and lost him in the heat haze. Slowly he realised that he had been drawn off the course he flew earlier. Seeing sunlight flashing on glass, Ginger finds a crashed plane and thinking there may be survivors he finds somewhere safe to land. Going to investigate he find three graves by the planes but no one there. Suddenly the Dragon aircraft they are meant to protect can be heard and eventually seen, being chased by three Messerschmitts. The Dragon attempts to land to avoid being shot down. Ginger runs to view what is happening and is soon lost amongst the rocks and the desert. He cannot see his Spitfire anywhere. The heat is tremendous and eventually thirst begins to plague him. Shouting and raging, he eventually sinks to his knees as he is overcome by the heat of the desert.