Biggles' WW1 Adventures – serie

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.

A legend is born.Join Biggles as he takes to the skies for the first time over the trenches and battlefields of France in World War One.Flying in his trusty Sopwith Camel fighter with the men of 266 Squadron, Biggles duels German aces, leads daring raids on enemy aerodromes and helps British spies complete their missions in a series of classic adventures.We also meet key characters; Algernon 'Algy' Montgomery Lacey appears here for the first time, as does Colonel Raymond and Captain 'Wilks' Wilkinson. And Biggles meets the love of his life, Marie Janis, when he crash lands behind the linesIntroducing James 'Biggles' Bigglesworth, in his first ever adventures!

Biggles helps two friends search for a missing brother, shot down behind the LinesDevastating news reaches sixteen-year-old Peter 'Thirty' Fortymore at his school in England: his older brother, Nigel, is missing in action, believed dead, after being shot down over the Western Front.Thirty is adamant that his brother may still be alive, and is determined to find him. With help of his best friend, Rip, Thirty runs away from school with a ridiculous and daring plan to get to France.The two boys successfully pose as officers in the R.F.C. and steal two Sopwith Camels to cross the Channel. A tumultuous journey lands them in hot water, only to be saved by a pilot from 266 Squadron, a certain James Bigglesworth.Far from home and in dangerous territory, Thirty and Rip have a daunting mission ahead. Will Biggles rumble the boys' wild plans? Can they rescue Nigel before it's too late?Join cult hero and flying ace Squadron Leader Biggles on another action-packed adventure!

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 PalestineBiggles soon finds himself in Zabala, a German aerodrome in Palestine, reporting to Count von Faubourg 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 dogfights over the trenches as World War 1 takes to the skies!The war is in its final two years. The frontline is static, bogged down in mud and warrens of trenches, neither side able to advance.But it's a different story in the skies. Dramatic dogfights and daring deeds dazzle the soldiers watching from the ground, as British and German pilots scrap for control of the air.Biggles, Algy and introducing, 'The Professor' along with the rest of 266 Squadron, RFC, bravely fly mission after mission over No Man's Land and into German airspace, risking their lives to give the Tommies any advantage they canGrab your flying goggles for explosive, dramatic adventures with Biggles in the skies over France!