W. E. Johns

W. E. Johns

  • 5 stars across 9 books
Captain W. E. Johns was born in Hertfordshire in 1893. He flew with the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War and made a daring escape from a German prison camp in 1918. Between the wars he edited Flying and Popular Flying and became a writer for the Ministry of Defence. The First Biggles story, Biggles the Camels are Coming was published in 1932, and W. E. Johns went on to write a staggering 102 Biggles titles before his death in 1968.
1st July 2004

Biggles and Co

'Now Listen, Bigglesworth; I'll tell you what I'm prepared to do, and you can please yourself what you do about it. Run ... MoreBiggles and Co

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4th July 2013

Worrals Carries On

Worrals is finding the routine of service life dull - until a chance discovery puts her on the trail of a double-agent. ... MoreWorrals Carries On

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4th July 2013

Worrals Flies Again

The plan: To base an aircraft in Occupied France to help Allied agents send reports back to London. But who would have t... MoreWorrals Flies Again

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1st May 1993

Biggles Fails to Return

It is my opinion that Biggles is dead,' asserted the Air Commodore. 'I had already sensed that, Sir, but I don't believe... MoreBiggles Fails to Return

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4th July 2013

Worrals of the WAAF

Britain: 1940. Flying Officer Joan Worralson, known to her friends as 'Worrals', is stationed at a RAF airfield - but th... MoreWorrals of the WAAF

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7th May 2015

Biggles Delivers the Goods

TAKEN PRISONER!Late in the Second World War Biggles and his team are in Malaya, operating a secret commando under the no... MoreBiggles Delivers the Goods

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1st July 2004

Biggles in Spain

'Don't move yet. I'm going out of the front door. They'll rush me then. That's your chance to go out the back way. Got t... MoreBiggles in Spain

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