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Inspiration Behind James Bond Dies
Yahoo ^ | Oct 15, 2003 | Reuters

Posted on 10/15/2003 9:23:04 AM PDT by OESY

LONDON (Reuters) - A British war hero, said to have been the inspiration behind secret agent James Bond, has died aged 90, British newspapers reported Wednesday.

Former Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Patrick Dalzel-Job carried out a series of daring exploits behind enemy lines during the Second World War including some while serving under author Ian Fleming, who created the 007 character.

Although he never claimed to be the real James Bond, Fleming had told him he was the model for the heroic spy, the Guardian newspaper said.

Dalzel-Job's real life adventures certainly read like a James Bond novel. In one of most daring exploits in 1940, he disobeyed orders to rescue all the women, children and elderly residents from the Norwegian town of Narvik in local boats just before it was destroyed in a German bombing raid.

He only avoided a court martial after the King of Norway sent his personal thanks and awarded him the Knight's Cross of St Olav. Later in the war he commanded a team in one Fleming's undercover units which worked far ahead of allied lines in France and Germany.

He recounted tales of his wartime achievements in his memoir "From Arctic Snow to Dust of Normandy."

However unlike the woman-chasing 007, Dalzel-Job returned to Norway after the war to marry a schoolgirl he had met there as a child. He even shunned the Bond films.

"I prefer the quiet life now. When you have led such an exciting life you don't need to see a fictional account of it," the Guardian quoted him as saying.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 2003obituaries; 2003obituary; bond; dalzeljob; fleming; jamesbond; obituary; patrickdalzeljob; turass; wwii
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1 posted on 10/15/2003 9:23:05 AM PDT by OESY
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2 posted on 10/15/2003 9:24:26 AM PDT by LiteKeeper
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3 posted on 10/15/2003 9:26:53 AM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: OESY
Is it just me or does this not read right?

"Dalzel-Job's real life adventures certainly read like a James Bond novel. In one of most daring exploits in 1940, he disobeyed orders to rescue all the women, children and elderly residents from the Norwegian town of Narvik in local boats just before it was destroyed in a German bombing raid."

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4 posted on 10/15/2003 9:30:26 AM PDT by sonsofliberty2000 (The Patriot Paradox: All Your Interviews Belong to Us)
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To: OESY
This article is wrong. The real inspiration was Dusko Popov.
5 posted on 10/15/2003 9:32:12 AM PDT by MindBender26
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To: sonsofliberty2000
I believe someone meant to say he disobeyed orders and rescued all....
6 posted on 10/15/2003 9:33:18 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: OESY
I've also read that Fleming "based" Bond on Dushko Popov, a Yugoslavian playboy who acted as a double agent against the Germans. Of course, Bond's appearance, his snobbery and his taste in women were pure Ian Fleming.
7 posted on 10/15/2003 9:35:10 AM PDT by pawdoggie
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To: sonsofliberty2000
Yeah, that's a horribly worded sentence. I assume it means he disobeyed orders by rescuing them.
8 posted on 10/15/2003 9:36:59 AM PDT by ThinkDifferent
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To: OESY
Dalzel-Job's real life adventures certainly read like a James Bond novel. In one of most daring exploits in 1940, he disobeyed orders to rescue all the women, children and elderly residents from the Norwegian town of Narvik in local boats just before it was destroyed in a German bombing raid.

Who issued orders not to rescue women, children and elders?
And why did the king give him an award for not rescuing them?
9 posted on 10/15/2003 9:38:00 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (CCCP = clinton, chiraq, chretien, and putin = stalin wannabes)
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He disobeyed orders [in order] to rescue...
10 posted on 10/15/2003 9:39:59 AM PDT by Physicist
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To: sonsofliberty2000
This may have been a situation similar to Coventry, wherein the British knew of a massive air raid planned on the city, but in order to keep the Germans from knowing that their codes had been deciphered, the city was not evacuated and lives were sacrificed in order to help the war effort (i.e. sacrificing some now in order to save many more in the long run). Maybe the Brits didn't want the Germans to know what was being intercepted, read, etc., regarding Norway. Just a guess on my part.
11 posted on 10/15/2003 9:44:18 AM PDT by HenryLeeII
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To: OESY
I guess I'll be the first to stir the flames and put my list of the best to worst James Bonds:

1. Sean Connery
2. Pierce Brosnan
3. Roger Moore
4. The guy on On Her Majesty's Secret Service (George something?)
5. Tim Daly ( the worst)

and the best James Bond movie was easily Dr. No or From Russia With Love. Both rock.
12 posted on 10/15/2003 9:45:43 AM PDT by sonsofliberty2000 (The Patriot Paradox: All Your Interviews Belong to Us)
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To: OESY
"I prefer the quiet life now. When you have led such an exciting life you don't need to see a fictional account of it," the Guardian quoted him as saying.

Rest In Peace, Lieutenant Commander Patrick Dalzel-Job. I salute you.

Semper Fi

13 posted on 10/15/2003 9:48:27 AM PDT by JoeSixPack1 (POW/MIA Bring 'em Home, Or Send us Back!! Semper Fi)
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To: sonsofliberty2000
Sean Connery WAS "James Bond" - nobody else has come close.
14 posted on 10/15/2003 9:49:12 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: OESY
is he really dead or is this just a ploy to deceive Ernst Blofeld into thinking he's dead?
15 posted on 10/15/2003 9:49:17 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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Mr. Bond will NOT decieve me!
16 posted on 10/15/2003 9:54:37 AM PDT by sonsofliberty2000 (The Patriot Paradox: All Your Interviews Belong to Us)
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To: sonsofliberty2000
You forgot David Niven in Casino Royale
17 posted on 10/15/2003 9:56:07 AM PDT by ASA Vet (People have the governement they deserve.)
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To: sonsofliberty2000
Roger Moore was a better Bond than Pierce "save the bears" Brosnan.
18 posted on 10/15/2003 9:59:08 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (EEE)
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To: OESY
he disobeyed orders to rescue all the women, children and elderly residents from the Norwegian town of Narvik in local boats just before it was destroyed in a German bombing raid

Were the orders to rescue the people, and he disobeyed them? Some hero :).

19 posted on 10/15/2003 10:00:22 AM PDT by cruiserman
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
I agree, Roger Moore was a better Bond than Pierce Brosnan. Besides, he never campaigned against the CA Recall like Pierce did!
20 posted on 10/15/2003 10:02:36 AM PDT by Ciexyz
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