Skyway Robbery

Skyway Robbery is the first short story in Biggles Takes the Case. The anthology, the second one about Biggles in the Air Police, was published in 1952. This particular story first appeared in the Annual The Boy's Book of Adventure which was published in 1950 by Evans Brothers Limited. In the anthology, this story is followed by The Case of the Unknown Aircraft.

This story has also been adapted in comic form as the first of two stories in Issue 5 of the Adventures of Biggles comic series published by Action Comics of Sydney, Australia.

Synopsis

Prince Agra of Malliapore seeks the help of the Air Police to recover his family jewels which he believes were stolen by a dishonest air transport company. And at last, a Lancaster appears in a Biggles story.

Plot

See articles under Prince Agra Khan for a summary of the plot.

Characters

The Special Air Police/Scotland Yard

• Air Commodore Raymond
• Biggles
• Algy Lacey
• Ginger Hebblethwaite
• Bertie Lissie

Others

• Prince Agra Khan
• Eustace Braunton
• Corporal Mallings
• Crane
• Colonel Barstow
• Shrenk

Aircraft

• Avro Lancaster
• Vickers Wellington

Places

Visited

• Scotland Yard - Raymond's office
• Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta
• Browshera

Mentioned

• Malliapore
• Lardoli
• Gorridor

Other points of interest

Firearms and other weapons

• The Air Police used handguns to apprehend the criminals.

Brands/products

• Large quantity of jewels belonging to the Rajah of Malliapore
• 4 uncut rubies presented to Biggles and co. as a gift.

Food and Drinks

• Biggles (and presumably the others) had a meal at the Dum Dum canteen

Organisations

• Transjungle Airways
• Air Ministry

Research Notes

Incongruities

• Biggles tells Air Commodore Raymond that he can't speak Hindustani, Urdu or any other Indian dialect. This is, of course, not true. He was born in India.