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BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT

by W.E. Johns

Illustrated by Stead

Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1951

Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper. Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and 8 b/w illustrations, 2 double page spreads. 208 pages.

Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Grubby mark to fore-edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is well worn and torn with loss at corners. Old tape repairs to spine and front edges.

Stock no. 1329695

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Contents

  • Biggles and his favourite wartime pilots setup a secret airbase in the middle of the desert in order to flush out and destroy a similar base setup by the Germans to prey on cross-continent air traffic.
  • The team track the bad guys to an oasis nearby and uncover their use of a compass-disrupting beam to lure aircraft nearer their fighters. Biggles and team pull a few surprises to even the odds, even to the extent of raiding the enemy camp to rescue some prisoners and steal an armoured car. The final German raid on their base, complete with paratroopers, is thwarted just in time and the Germans pack up and head home in defeat.

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