Assignment in Arabia' is the third 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 preceded by The Man Who Lost His Foot and followed by Routine Patrol.
Synopsis[]
This is a story of a standard extraction mission. Biggles is sent to rescue the son of a sheikh who has been kidnapped by his uncle.
Plot[]
See articles under Miktel for details of the plot.
Characters[]
The Special Air Police/Scotland Yard[]
- Air Commodore Raymond
- Biggles
- Ginger Hebblethwaite
Others[]
Aircraft[]
Places[]
Visited[]
- London, Scotland Yard - Raymond's office
- El Kafala
- Kuwait - egress. Rendezvous with Ginger and the reserve aircraft
- Italy - transit stop. Airport not stated but could be Rome
- Cyprus - transit stop, Airport not stated but he might have chosen RAF Akrotiri
- Jordan - Amman - transit stop
- Syrian desert - transit overflight
Research Notes[]
- Biggles acts mostly alone in this story. Algy and Bertie do not appear. Ginger only appears towards the end as the pilot of the reserve aircraft.