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J4613, Capt. James Bigglesworth, No. 266 Sqn RFC, March 1917

The author of the Biggles books, W. E. Johns, illustrated his first books himself and, like illustrator Howard Leigh, sometimes depicted British

aircraft from the Great War (and not only in the Biggles stories) with blue fuselage and yellow wings. The reason for this may have been that

they both were finding the colors of British aircraft too dull, and so were seeking inspiration in the color scheme of the US Army Air Force

of the time. In the Biggles books, this paint scheme of the Camel has appeared in several modifications, and we have selected the one that

accompanied the book “Biggles of the Camel Squadron”, published in 1935 by John Hamilton, Ltd, with, if nothing else, illustrations by Howard

Leigh. As with virtually all representations of fictional Camels of a fictional pilot, the serial number is also fictional. There was no J series

in the case of the Sopwith Camel production.

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