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Biggles Delivers the Goods
Ginger felt the blood drain from his face. The muscles seemed to go stiff. For a few seconds he could not speak.
'Was the name of the prisoner given?' he blurted.
'No.'
'It doesn't matter, ' muttered Ginger. 'There could be only one Gosling in that area. They've got Algy!'
Late in the Second World War Biggles and his team are in Malaya, operating a secret commando under the nose of the Japanese occupiers. Algy is captured after his plane goes down over the Indian Ocean but Biggles will not abandon him. A night raid is called for...
'Was the name of the prisoner given?' he blurted.
'No.'
'It doesn't matter, ' muttered Ginger. 'There could be only one Gosling in that area. They've got Algy!'
Late in the Second World War Biggles and his team are in Malaya, operating a secret commando under the nose of the Japanese occupiers. Algy is captured after his plane goes down over the Indian Ocean but Biggles will not abandon him. A night raid is called for...
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First published April 1, 1946
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W.E. Johns
613 books113 followersInvariably known as Captain W.E. Johns, William Earl Johns was born in Bengeo, Hertfordshire, England. He was the son of Richard Eastman Johns, a tailor, and Elizabeth Johns (née Earl), the daughter of a master butcher. He had a younger brother, Russell Ernest Johns, who was born on 24 October 1895.
He went to Hertford Grammar School where he was no great scholar but he did develop into a crack shot with a rifle. This fired his early ambition to be a soldier. He also attended evening classes at the local art school.
In the summer of 1907 he was apprenticed to a county municipal surveyor where he remained for four years and then in 1912 he became a sanitary inspector in Swaffham, Norfolk. Soon after taking up this appointment, his father died of tuberculosis at the age of 47.
On 6 October 1914 he married Maude Penelope Hunt (1882–1961), the daughter of the Reverend John Hunt, the vicar at Little Dunham in Norfolk. The couple had one son, William Earl Carmichael Johns, who was born in March 1916.
With war looming he joined the Territorial Army as a Private in the King's Own Royal Regiment (Norfolk Yeomanry), a cavalry regiment. In August 1914 his regiment was mobilised and was in training and on home defence duties until September 1915 when they received embarkation orders for duty overseas.
He fought at Gallipoli and in the Suez Canal area and, after moving to the Machine gun Corps, he took part in the spring offensive in Salonika in April 1917. He contracted malaria and whilst in hospital he put in for a transfer to the Royal Flying Corps and on 26 September 1917, he was given a temporary commission as a Second Lieutenant and posted back to England to learn to fly, which he did at No. 1 School of Aeronautics at Reading, where he was taught by a Captain Ashton.
He was posted to No. 25 Flying Training School at Thetford where he had a charmed existence, once writing off three planes in three days. He moved to Yorkshire and was then posted to France and while on a bombing raid to Mannheim his plane was shot down and he was wounded. Captured by the Germans, he later escaped before being reincarcerated where he remained until the war ended.
He went to Hertford Grammar School where he was no great scholar but he did develop into a crack shot with a rifle. This fired his early ambition to be a soldier. He also attended evening classes at the local art school.
In the summer of 1907 he was apprenticed to a county municipal surveyor where he remained for four years and then in 1912 he became a sanitary inspector in Swaffham, Norfolk. Soon after taking up this appointment, his father died of tuberculosis at the age of 47.
On 6 October 1914 he married Maude Penelope Hunt (1882–1961), the daughter of the Reverend John Hunt, the vicar at Little Dunham in Norfolk. The couple had one son, William Earl Carmichael Johns, who was born in March 1916.
With war looming he joined the Territorial Army as a Private in the King's Own Royal Regiment (Norfolk Yeomanry), a cavalry regiment. In August 1914 his regiment was mobilised and was in training and on home defence duties until September 1915 when they received embarkation orders for duty overseas.
He fought at Gallipoli and in the Suez Canal area and, after moving to the Machine gun Corps, he took part in the spring offensive in Salonika in April 1917. He contracted malaria and whilst in hospital he put in for a transfer to the Royal Flying Corps and on 26 September 1917, he was given a temporary commission as a Second Lieutenant and posted back to England to learn to fly, which he did at No. 1 School of Aeronautics at Reading, where he was taught by a Captain Ashton.
He was posted to No. 25 Flying Training School at Thetford where he had a charmed existence, once writing off three planes in three days. He moved to Yorkshire and was then posted to France and while on a bombing raid to Mannheim his plane was shot down and he was wounded. Captured by the Germans, he later escaped before being reincarcerated where he remained until the war ended.
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June 22, 2015
A wartime smuggling operation
22 June 2015
If there is one person that you can expect to deliver the goods it has to be Biggles. Seriously, we are talking about the guy who, according to Captain W.E. Johns, single handedly defeated the Germans in World War I, and by the way he is going in this collection of books that I am reading, seems to be on his way to produce a repeat performance in World War II. Together with his buddies Ginger and Algy they make up what is effectively a special forces outfit who have no problems going behind enemy lines to cause as much havoc as possible – and he certainly does that in this book.
Anyway, the British have a problem in that they need rubber and all of the rubber now happens to be located in Japanese held territory. So high command basically tells Biggles to fly over to Burma and bring some back. As well as successfully reopening a rubber route, he also manages to occupy a section of Southern Burma while sending the Japanese packing. In doing this he raids two Japanese outposts, bogs a handful of destroyers in an estuary, and and sinks two transports loaded with Japanese troops who happen to be heading in his direction to pretty much crush him and his band of jolly good fellows. Upon putting this book down I said to myself – gee, this must have put a huge dent in the Japanese's plans to create a Pacific/South East Asian Co-prosperity sphere.
Anyway, as I was reading this book I came across a number of planes that were mentioned that I had no idea what they looked like, and one of them happened to be a Gosling. So, being my curious self, I decided to type Gosling into Google so see what came up. Low and behold this is what my query returned:
Okay, that looks nothing like an aeroplane. So I decided to narrow my search down a bit and type in ''Gosling Airplane” and to my surprise Google decided to spit out this:
Maybe his middle name happens to be 'airplane' but somehow I doubt it. Anyway, after a few frustrating tries on navigating the Googlespehere I finally came across what I wanted, a picture of a Gosling, the type that Biggles and his band of airmen were flying across the Indian Ocean.
22 June 2015
If there is one person that you can expect to deliver the goods it has to be Biggles. Seriously, we are talking about the guy who, according to Captain W.E. Johns, single handedly defeated the Germans in World War I, and by the way he is going in this collection of books that I am reading, seems to be on his way to produce a repeat performance in World War II. Together with his buddies Ginger and Algy they make up what is effectively a special forces outfit who have no problems going behind enemy lines to cause as much havoc as possible – and he certainly does that in this book.
Anyway, the British have a problem in that they need rubber and all of the rubber now happens to be located in Japanese held territory. So high command basically tells Biggles to fly over to Burma and bring some back. As well as successfully reopening a rubber route, he also manages to occupy a section of Southern Burma while sending the Japanese packing. In doing this he raids two Japanese outposts, bogs a handful of destroyers in an estuary, and and sinks two transports loaded with Japanese troops who happen to be heading in his direction to pretty much crush him and his band of jolly good fellows. Upon putting this book down I said to myself – gee, this must have put a huge dent in the Japanese's plans to create a Pacific/South East Asian Co-prosperity sphere.
Anyway, as I was reading this book I came across a number of planes that were mentioned that I had no idea what they looked like, and one of them happened to be a Gosling. So, being my curious self, I decided to type Gosling into Google so see what came up. Low and behold this is what my query returned:
Okay, that looks nothing like an aeroplane. So I decided to narrow my search down a bit and type in ''Gosling Airplane” and to my surprise Google decided to spit out this:
Maybe his middle name happens to be 'airplane' but somehow I doubt it. Anyway, after a few frustrating tries on navigating the Googlespehere I finally came across what I wanted, a picture of a Gosling, the type that Biggles and his band of airmen were flying across the Indian Ocean.
November 13, 2023
A lesser Biggles’ adventure, featuring a rather tetchy hero, who has been asked to get a lot of rubber out of Malaya at the height of WW2.
As a plot driver this is terrific- rubber was a precious commodity, vital for the war effort and the vast bulk of the world’s natural rubber was produced in Malaya, (little synthetic rubber around then) and the Japanese were in control of the country.
Biggles’ scheme is to build a floating landing strip and use Liberators to fly the stuff to India, aided by a powerful local trader, a dodgy business man called Li Chi (pronounced Lychee as in the Chinese fruit, I kid you not) and a Colonel Kurtz type Englishman who has probably gone troppo.
Early on we have a statement which sums up Biggles’ ethos. He is about to be re-introduced to Li Chi by Colonel Raymond, after many years:
All well and good, except that the exotic characters are rather preposterous, the task of airlifting 5000 tons of rubber across the Bay of Bengal is obviously outlandish, and indeed a fortuitously acquired freighter is pressed into service; Algy and Ginger’s solo sorties, normally perfectly acceptable, on this occasion fragment the story and Biggles is rather short tempered, being critical of his Asian allies for indiscipline and bloodthirstiness (though he not racist) and his own airmen for lack of professionalism. Must have been having a bad war.
As the mission runs into difficulties and Algy falls into enemy hands, Biggles feels the strain:
As a plot driver this is terrific- rubber was a precious commodity, vital for the war effort and the vast bulk of the world’s natural rubber was produced in Malaya, (little synthetic rubber around then) and the Japanese were in control of the country.
Biggles’ scheme is to build a floating landing strip and use Liberators to fly the stuff to India, aided by a powerful local trader, a dodgy business man called Li Chi (pronounced Lychee as in the Chinese fruit, I kid you not) and a Colonel Kurtz type Englishman who has probably gone troppo.
Early on we have a statement which sums up Biggles’ ethos. He is about to be re-introduced to Li Chi by Colonel Raymond, after many years:
‘While men are decent to me I try to be decent to them, regardless of race, colour, politics, creed, or anything else,’ asserted Biggles curtly. ‘I’ve travelled a bit, and taking the world by and large, it’s my experience that with few exceptions there’s nothing wrong with the people in it, if only they were left alone to live as they want to live.’ (p5)The following contains spoilers.
All well and good, except that the exotic characters are rather preposterous, the task of airlifting 5000 tons of rubber across the Bay of Bengal is obviously outlandish, and indeed a fortuitously acquired freighter is pressed into service; Algy and Ginger’s solo sorties, normally perfectly acceptable, on this occasion fragment the story and Biggles is rather short tempered, being critical of his Asian allies for indiscipline and bloodthirstiness (though he not racist) and his own airmen for lack of professionalism. Must have been having a bad war.
As the mission runs into difficulties and Algy falls into enemy hands, Biggles feels the strain:
The thought of Algy a prisoner in enemy hands affected him far more than he was prepared to reveal to the others…However a man might feel, it was considered weak to let others see any sort of emotion …His job was to get rubber, not indulge in private enterprises to satisfy personal feelings. Nevertheless, he mused, without comradeship a war would be hard to fight…(p121)Ultimately the navy weighs in to thump the enemy and Biggles and company watch on appreciatively. He almost says trust High Command, they know best.
December 11, 2020
It is dangerous work for Biggles when Air Commodore Raymond challenges him to get hundreds of tons of rubber out of the Japanese-occupied Malaya. And Biggles has a surprise before he begins the adventure as the one man who is to help him is someone he has encountered, in rather strange circumstances, earlier in his career. That someone is Li Chi who is determined to supply Britain with rubber to assist the war effort.
Li Chi agrees that he will supply the rubber that he has hidden away providing Biggles can provide the air transport to get it out of the country and over to Britain. Initially Biggles is not enamoured with the idea, considering it to risky, but Li Chi persuades him that it will be possible by outlining a cunning plan that he feels will fool the Japanese.
And Biggles buys into the scheme and, along with his trusty crew, Algy, Bertie and Ginger, they arrange for suitably sized 'planes that will be able to transport the rubber away. But it is not all plain sailing, or even plain flying, because Biggles has to establish a base in the area without the Japanese being aware of any activity. After much hard endeavour, he does so and the task of removing the rubber begins.
It is not easy for the Japanese navy patrol the area around the hidden base on Elephant Island and some hair-raising escapes follow with, in the end, Biggles and his crew capturing one of the Japanese ships and using it for their own purposes. The only problem with this is that later on Algy is captured by the Japanese and Biggles is unsure as to how to rescue him.
'Planes are deployed from one of the Indian air bases and rubber is gradually moved with the aid of dedicated work by the Malaysian guerrilla forces who are marshalled by a Britisher in exile in Malaya, Major Marling. But once again all their activities are fraught with danger and Marling, too, is captured. But Biggles manages to free him and Algy and with a squadron of 'planes in place, the rubber is ready for transportation to Britain. And at the last minute help comes in from a friendly nation, whose air force comes in and finishes off the Japanese.
It is another successful operation for Biggles, not one of his most exciting but still action-packed all along the way.
Li Chi agrees that he will supply the rubber that he has hidden away providing Biggles can provide the air transport to get it out of the country and over to Britain. Initially Biggles is not enamoured with the idea, considering it to risky, but Li Chi persuades him that it will be possible by outlining a cunning plan that he feels will fool the Japanese.
And Biggles buys into the scheme and, along with his trusty crew, Algy, Bertie and Ginger, they arrange for suitably sized 'planes that will be able to transport the rubber away. But it is not all plain sailing, or even plain flying, because Biggles has to establish a base in the area without the Japanese being aware of any activity. After much hard endeavour, he does so and the task of removing the rubber begins.
It is not easy for the Japanese navy patrol the area around the hidden base on Elephant Island and some hair-raising escapes follow with, in the end, Biggles and his crew capturing one of the Japanese ships and using it for their own purposes. The only problem with this is that later on Algy is captured by the Japanese and Biggles is unsure as to how to rescue him.
'Planes are deployed from one of the Indian air bases and rubber is gradually moved with the aid of dedicated work by the Malaysian guerrilla forces who are marshalled by a Britisher in exile in Malaya, Major Marling. But once again all their activities are fraught with danger and Marling, too, is captured. But Biggles manages to free him and Algy and with a squadron of 'planes in place, the rubber is ready for transportation to Britain. And at the last minute help comes in from a friendly nation, whose air force comes in and finishes off the Japanese.
It is another successful operation for Biggles, not one of his most exciting but still action-packed all along the way.
July 3, 2012
Chosen as something to read aloud to my boys whose appetites for being read to was flagging. I'd remembered it as rather a good one (I read the entire series when my publishing company reissued them and I was given the job of picking which ones we'd do). My son was doing the war in the Pacific as a special project so this seemed to fit. Sadly, my memory was wrong - it's weak, overfull of chaps zipping back and forth to India, while Biggles sits it out on a Pacific island. There's little high tension, and not much of the brilliant thinking-on-his-feet that Biggles books can be good for. Racism had to be speedily edited. Boys unimpressed. Back to Joan Aiken.
July 2, 2013
One of my favourite Biggles books. A critical rubber shortage doesn't sound like the basis for a thrilling yarn, but in John's capable hands it becomes an exciting adventure packed with action. The ingenious scheme upon which the plot hangs may be fictional, but its just the sort of thing the loonies at the Air Ministry might have come up with during World War II!
June 9, 2015
In which Biggles' feelings for Algy are likened to Alexander's feelings for Hephaestion. But in a subtle and manly way.
February 18, 2025
Mostly a solid story, it's main disadvantage being that it jumps about a lot. Now that is the reality of a wartime mission - you do end up all over the place, it just doesn't particularly hold a narrative together. I would have liked to have seen more of the British general who had lived in the Burmese jungle for twenty years, I would have liked to see more of Elephant Island, I would have liked to have seen more of Li Chi's pirate operations, but each of these elements was just a small part of the overall narrative. 3 stars.
October 27, 2008
Adventures of Biggles and Algy, by jove!
June 3, 2025
The most disappointing of the 16 job-lot Biggles books I bought to satiate my nostalgia - I'd read half a dozen Biggles adventures over 60 years ago. Overall, quite an entertaining package, rekindled lots of positive memories. The books are aimed at English public schoolboys (this one was first published in 1946, all the others had been published either pre-WW2 or during the war).
And here we find Biggles fighting the Japanese, and it's really not a particularly entertaining read - the story is a bit cluttered, a bit congested - any credibility is sacrificed by the disjointed narrative ... it jumps from place to place, gets overcomplicated, gets simplistic, there's no real tension or atmosphere.
Reading some of the other Johns' stories, he was a writer who could generate atmosphere - he could deliver a sense of the desert or of the Western Front - but this is just a bit sterile. And there's no real drive or intesity to the action - things happen, then other things happen.
Overall, disappointing.
And here we find Biggles fighting the Japanese, and it's really not a particularly entertaining read - the story is a bit cluttered, a bit congested - any credibility is sacrificed by the disjointed narrative ... it jumps from place to place, gets overcomplicated, gets simplistic, there's no real tension or atmosphere.
Reading some of the other Johns' stories, he was a writer who could generate atmosphere - he could deliver a sense of the desert or of the Western Front - but this is just a bit sterile. And there's no real drive or intesity to the action - things happen, then other things happen.
Overall, disappointing.
April 21, 2018
Really like this one.
It's one of the rare occasions where WEJ express his oppinion regarding emotions.
As Commanding Officer you have to send your people onto missions where not all (or all not) return. When Algy gets captured Biggles have to carry on, and he can not show his internal struggle.
Also, he shows his absolute believe in military ruling, even though he has his own moments of doubts, and regrets missing opportunities to hit the enemy. B has harsh remarks for those who express their views. He says (and hopes) the military commands, might have other plans.
As targeting this B-books at young boys, all ends well, even though in reality this is not always so.
It's one of the rare occasions where WEJ express his oppinion regarding emotions.
As Commanding Officer you have to send your people onto missions where not all (or all not) return. When Algy gets captured Biggles have to carry on, and he can not show his internal struggle.
Also, he shows his absolute believe in military ruling, even though he has his own moments of doubts, and regrets missing opportunities to hit the enemy. B has harsh remarks for those who express their views. He says (and hopes) the military commands, might have other plans.
As targeting this B-books at young boys, all ends well, even though in reality this is not always so.
February 16, 2024
First published in 1946, 'Biggles Delivers the Goods' is set during WW2 and features the aviation hero of the title getting involved in a plan to grab 5,000 tons of unprocessed rubber from locations in Burma an in a neighbouring archipelago. The plot is more than a little far-fetched - bonkers more like - and all of the main characters lead remarkably charmed lives in spite of a little opposition from Japanese military units in the area. I can recall reading and enjoying this one when I was 10 or 12, and although I enjoyed it tremendously this time I was a lot more aware of the casual racism that often crops up in the tale - it has not aged well.
June 25, 2020
These books were great fun when I was 11 or 12 and I picked up this one just to see how it looked as an adult. It looked awful. Poorly written, riddled with errors and inconsistencies, not to mention the racism, though at the time of writing that was probably acceptable. Still, it doesn't change the fact that this is just a lousy book. I have a fairly good collection of these from when I was a kid, but I won't bother reading any more of them.
January 18, 2024
Biggles, Algy & Ginger at their best again on another exciting adventure, this time fighting the Japanese in the Malayan Jungle.
Although at times the story comes across as a little "far-fetched" & unbelievable , it is never- the- less still very entertaining in typical 'Biggles style' & I really enjoyed it .
Although at times the story comes across as a little "far-fetched" & unbelievable , it is never- the- less still very entertaining in typical 'Biggles style' & I really enjoyed it .
August 16, 2021
Another battle against the Japs, this time it is a race against the clock to avoid detection and transport as much rubber as possible. Biggles does this in a most spectacular way, a way only he would have thought up. Stunning.
January 11, 2021
Fantastic!
March 21, 2023
Well, let's just say that I have read better books of Biggles if extent of adventure, thrill and danger are your yardsticks !!
November 25, 2025
Not the best Biggles available on the market. Still excellent (all of them are) but lacking in excitement. I recommend reading Biggles Flies Again first for reference.
December 10, 2023
4.3 out of 5. Biggles in Malaya trying to transport out rubber with the help of his old acquaintance, Chin Li, the pirate. A good read as always.
December 22, 2025
I am reviewing the series as a whole, rather than the books individually
The Biggles series is great adventure fiction: we get high stakes, aerial action (in most of the books), and a hero who is endlessly loyal, competent, and calm under pressure.
I love the dogfights, recon missions, and wartime scenarios.
Where the series falls short is character depth. Some attitudes and simplifications reflect the period in which the books were written. There are very definitely dated elements, but considering the era the books were written - overall the series performs well. More than a few of the stories defy plausibility, but who doesn't love to curl up with a good adventure book or 10?
“Never say die.”
The Biggles series is great adventure fiction: we get high stakes, aerial action (in most of the books), and a hero who is endlessly loyal, competent, and calm under pressure.
I love the dogfights, recon missions, and wartime scenarios.
Where the series falls short is character depth. Some attitudes and simplifications reflect the period in which the books were written. There are very definitely dated elements, but considering the era the books were written - overall the series performs well. More than a few of the stories defy plausibility, but who doesn't love to curl up with a good adventure book or 10?
“Never say die.”
August 19, 2016
I love reading old adventure stories and the Biggles books are right up my street. One of the things I like is the insight they give to the values and attitudes from yesteryear, although it does require making all sorts of allowances for the time they were written in and that’s not always a comfortable process.
W. E. johns has been accused of racism many times and with good reason when looked at with our modern values. This book written just a couple of years after the trauma of World War Two and certainly doesn’t paint the Japanese in a very good light but frankly it would be surprising if that were not the case given the horrors of just a few years before. It isn’t one of the best Biggles books I’ve ever read, but there was one passage that stood out for me given my previous comments, when Biggles says “While men are decent to me I try to me decent to them, regardless of race, colour, politics, creed, or anything else.” This seems surprisingly liberal given the accusations of racism and for me shows the importance of allowing for historical context and perhaps giving more allowance than we ever would a modern writer. This is comically highlighted in another passage when later Biggles says “The enemy is more likely to crack if he thinks he is being attacked in strength by white men, than by natives; so instead of us painting our faces black I have suggested that we reverse the process and paint the faces of our coloured comrades white”. We’d have a fit if we read something like that today and I am glad of it, but it doesn’t mean I can’t still enjoy the experience of looking back into the minds of the readers of sixty or seventy years ago.
W. E. johns has been accused of racism many times and with good reason when looked at with our modern values. This book written just a couple of years after the trauma of World War Two and certainly doesn’t paint the Japanese in a very good light but frankly it would be surprising if that were not the case given the horrors of just a few years before. It isn’t one of the best Biggles books I’ve ever read, but there was one passage that stood out for me given my previous comments, when Biggles says “While men are decent to me I try to me decent to them, regardless of race, colour, politics, creed, or anything else.” This seems surprisingly liberal given the accusations of racism and for me shows the importance of allowing for historical context and perhaps giving more allowance than we ever would a modern writer. This is comically highlighted in another passage when later Biggles says “The enemy is more likely to crack if he thinks he is being attacked in strength by white men, than by natives; so instead of us painting our faces black I have suggested that we reverse the process and paint the faces of our coloured comrades white”. We’d have a fit if we read something like that today and I am glad of it, but it doesn’t mean I can’t still enjoy the experience of looking back into the minds of the readers of sixty or seventy years ago.
June 28, 2016
Een, in mijn ogen, mindere verhaal uit de Biggles' serie. Vandaar ook twee sterren.
Biggles wordt gevraagd om, samen met zijn vrienden, en een oude bekende rubber te transporteren vanuit een eiland in Malaya, voor het door de Japanners wordt ingenomen. Li Chi, een voormalig smokkelaar, heeft hier van zo'n 5.000 ton opgeslagen liggen op Olifant-eiland, en zoekt een manier om het weg te krijgen.
Eenmaal ter plaatse bedenkt Biggles een soort drijvend platform om de vliegtuigen op te laten landen. Helaas blijkt al snel dat de aanwezigheid van de Britten aan Japanners verraden is, en moet Biggles alle zeilen bij zetten om dit avontuur tot een goed einde te brengen.
Weinig echte spanning in dit boek. Er wordt wat heen- en weer gevlogen. Algy wordt gevangen genomen. Biggles raakt van streek door de bloeddorstigheid van zijn Aziatische bondgenoten.
Biggles wordt gevraagd om, samen met zijn vrienden, en een oude bekende rubber te transporteren vanuit een eiland in Malaya, voor het door de Japanners wordt ingenomen. Li Chi, een voormalig smokkelaar, heeft hier van zo'n 5.000 ton opgeslagen liggen op Olifant-eiland, en zoekt een manier om het weg te krijgen.
Eenmaal ter plaatse bedenkt Biggles een soort drijvend platform om de vliegtuigen op te laten landen. Helaas blijkt al snel dat de aanwezigheid van de Britten aan Japanners verraden is, en moet Biggles alle zeilen bij zetten om dit avontuur tot een goed einde te brengen.
Weinig echte spanning in dit boek. Er wordt wat heen- en weer gevlogen. Algy wordt gevangen genomen. Biggles raakt van streek door de bloeddorstigheid van zijn Aziatische bondgenoten.
August 2, 2016
I think I read this one but W. E. Johns wrote two almost identical books. This one and Biggles in Borneo
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