An Original Rare Handwritten and Signed Picture by Biggles Writer W E Johns to David Gillard MBE. Undated but Circa 1958. W E Johns letters or signature is very uncommon. The recipient of the signed picture is David Gillard MBE, arts journalist and critic. He was Classical Music Editor and Radio Correspondent for the BBC Radio Times and, for 46 years, the opera critic of the Daily Mail. William Earl Johns 1893 – 1968 was an English First World War pilot, and writer of adventure stories, usually written under the pen name Capt. W. E. Johns: best known for creating the fictional air-adventurer Biggles. Size is 165mm x 125mm. In good condition with folding crease.