The Mystery of the Torn Parachute is the fifth 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. In the anthology, this story is preceded by The Flying Crusaders and follwed by The Case of the Missing Constable.
Synopsis[]
Biggles and co. investigate the mysterious appearance of a piece of French parachute silk up a pine tree in a desolate area of Scotland.
Plot[]
See the article under Lynsdale for a summary of the plot.
Characters[]
The Special Air Police/Scotland Yard[]
- Air Commodore Raymond
- Biggles
- Ginger Hebblethwaite
- Gaskin
Others[]
Aircraft[]
- Loire 4-seater light aircraft
- Percival Proctor
Places[]
Visited[]
(See also The Poor Rich Boy Trail)
- London, Scotland Yard - Raymond's office, Biggles' office, Gaskin's office
- Dalcross - Inverness Airport
- Forres - Biggles rented a car from here.
- Knockando - Biggles makes enquires at the station here. Also where Captain Mackenzie (Spey fishery board official) lived.
- Tomindalloch - grocer/post office
- Strathspey near Tomindalloch, Dalglennie House
Mentioned[]
- Elgin
- Grantown
- Paris
- Marseilles
- Liverpool
- Buenos Aires
Cultural references[]
- Gordon's van went through to Elgin
- Pickfords went through to Grantown
Research Notes[]
- Algy and Bertie were on leave in this story.