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The Case of the Missing Constable is the sixth short story in the fifth anthology of Biggles Air Police short stories which is entitled Biggles' Chinese Puzzle. The anthology was first published in May, 1955 by Brockhampton.

Synopsis

Biggles and Ginger investigate the mysterious disappearance of a village constable. A newspaper has offered a thousand pounds for the discovery of the body.

Plot

Characters

The Special Air Police/Scotland Yard

Others

Aircraft

No aircraft appear in the story although the Richard Dewsberry used one to land on the field belonging to the village rectory.

Places

Visited

  • Elmthorpe, Hertfordshire

Mentioned

  • Stevenage, Hertfordshire
  • Clagston Hall
  • Dacton Flying Club, Yorkshire

Research Notes

References to the past

Incongruities

Chronology

References

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