Biggles Works Overtime is the first short story in the sixth anthology of Biggles Air Police short stories entitled Biggles of the Interpol. The anthology was first published in 1957 by Brockhampton. In the anthology, this story is followed by The Man Who Lost His Foot.
Synopsis[]
An experienced pilot appears to have crashed and died during a record breaking attempt but Biggles is sceptical unless the remains of the pilot and the wreckage of the aircraft are properly identified.
Plot[]
See the article under Eustace Bowden, the main protagonist in the story, for a detailed summary of the plot.
Characters[]
The Special Air Police/Scotland Yard[]
- Air Commodore Raymond
- Biggles
- Ginger Hebblethwaite
Others[]
Aircraft[]
Ships[]
- Charbonniere
Places[]
Visited[]
- London, Scotland Yard - Raymond's office
- Alexandria - transit stop to points further south and again on the inbound leg towards Paris
- Abu Kara
- Suakin
- El Bishra
- Paris
- Le Bourget
- Corton et Cie on the Rue de la Paix
Mentioned[]
- Marseilles
Research Notes[]
- Despite having "lived in the air for the past ten days" and "feeling like a wet bus ticket", Biggles doesn't get the assistance of Bertie and Algy in this story. The text doesn't explain the reason for their absence.
References to the past[]
Incongruities[]
Chronology[]
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References[]
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