The Balloonatics
Written by
W. E. Johns
Copyright 1932
4th of 17 stories in . It was first published in Popular Flying Machine, July 1932. It was reprinted as The Duneville Sausage in The Modern Boy #260, Jan. 28, 1933.
His commander having gotten hold of 12 bottles of whiskey and offering them to the Biggles of the 266 or Wilkinson of the 287 squadron, whoever can capture a German observation balloon.