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  • Patrick Dalzel-Job (Scottish intelligence specialist and war hero)

    10/18/2003 4:20:43 PM PDT · by csvset · 8 replies · 341+ views
    Telegraph ^ | 16 October 2003 | Staff
    Patrick Dalzel-Job Patrick Dalzel-Job, who died on Sunday aged 90, had one of those adventurous wartime careers which inspire writers of fiction; indeed, he was said to be one of the models for Ian Fleming's creation, James Bond.Be that as it may - and in later life Dalzel-Job did not entirely discourage the notion - in 1944-45 he served in Europe with Fleming in the undercover Commando 30 Assault Unit, the mysterious special force which would race ahead of Allied front-line troops to seize secret German equipment and documents before they could be destroyed. One of the commanders in...
  • Inspiration Behind James Bond Dies

    10/15/2003 9:23:04 AM PDT · by OESY · 40 replies · 346+ views
    Yahoo ^ | Oct 15, 2003 | Reuters
    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...