BIGGLES OF 266
First Published in 1955 - 184 pages
This contains nine short stories, eight of which were originally published in
BIGGLES IN FRANCE (1935) The stories are:-
FORWARD
(by W. E. Johns)
A RIDE TO REMEMBER
Shot down, Biggles escapes from behind the lines in a German observation balloon (dust cover).
THE CAMERA
Colonel Raymond asks Biggles to recover a recognisance camera with a highly valuable lens.
THE PRIZE
266 and 287 squadrons compete to see who can drop propaganda leaflets the furthest over the lines.
HUMBUGS
Biggles plays a trick on Wilkinson by arranging to have his kit dropped on a German aerodrome.
THE TURKEY
Biggles is determined to obtain a turkey for the mess Christmas dinner.
WAR IN HOT BLOOD
Biggles seeks revenge after a plane with Green Streamers deliberately kills Parker.
REPRISALS
When Algy gets into trouble with Captain Bitmore, Biggles pretends to be a Colonel.
THE CHALLENGE
After Biggles blows up a German wine cellar, he is invited to pay for the wine or fight a duel.
THE PILOT WHO LOST HIS WAY
(N.B. This story was originally published in
Biggles Learns to Fly in 1935 as'The Spy in the Sky')
Biggles suspects a lost French pilot is not all that he seems to be.
The dust cover of the book shows Biggles hanging by one hand from a German balloon.
There are no story illustrations in this book
Biggles of 266
Publication Details - published by the Thames Publishing Co.
Frontispiece of the original edition
Cover of the Dean & Son reprint
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