Biggles was for real!
The RAF Museum at Hendon has found evidence that the literary hero was in fact a real pilot.
For decades, Biggles has held children in thrall with his fictional exploits as a dashing Royal Air Force pilot.
But now it has emerged that his unlikely adventures may have been based on fact – in the shape of a real airman from the First World War.
A 1918 combat report by a pilot called Major James Bigglesworth has been found at the RAF Museum Hendon in a collection of papers that once belonged to Biggles author WE Johns.
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It was said that Biggles used to enjoy flying the 'A' model 206
And that Bast0n's favourite Biggles book was the now non PC titled "Biggles Takes It Rough" !