Strategic Direction 1.1

Biggles, Man or Myth? Recently discovered extracts from the work of Capt. W. F. "Martin Chivers" Johns, the creator of Othello, Falstaff, Sidney Carton and Biggles.

Squadron-Leader Bigglesworth paused for a moment outside the Wingco's office. He had been called back from leave three days early, and this didn't happen unless things were really wrong.
He knocked and went in. Came out, knocked, went in, knocked again, went in, came out, knocked, went in again, knocked again from the inside, came out, knocked from the outside, went in, knocked again, came out, did a little jump, knocked, went "Ee-aw!", knocked again, jumped, ran out, knocked, came in again with a waste-paper basket over his head, jumped, knocked, went out, knocked and entered the dimly-lit office. "There you are Bigglesworth," said the Wingco with just a trace of annoyance. Only a trace, not a fully-fledged burst of anger or a downright bitch about Biggles being late or a swinging attack on the punctuality of Air Force personnel or even a snide dig at Biggles' general attitude or an irritation that he was forced, by his seniority, to be in a position where he was potentially a target for the general feelings of bitterness prevalent in the upper echelons of Fighter Command due to a combination of fatigue, long hours and the severe strain imposed on any man's self-control by the duties and responsibilities' inherent in his rank, nor was there any hint...