[Sndbox] James Bond Inspiration Dies

[Charles]

James Bond Inspiration Dies Tue, Oct 14, 2003, 10:10 PM PT

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) -- The inspiration for Ian Fleming's James Bond character passed away this past week. Praised as one of Scotland's most remarkable wartime adventurers, Patrick Dalzel-Job died in area known as the West Highlands in the United Kingdom at the age of 90.

According to the BBC, Dalzel-Job ran special operations in Norway in World War II where he eventually joined Fleming as part of a reconnaissance team in France, Belgium and Germany. They worked together for two years taking part in raids behind enemy lines.

Before Commander Dalzel-Job joined the Royal Navy he had sailed his own schooner from Scotland along the Arctic coast of Norway as far as the Russian border. Utilizing his knowledge of northern Norway, he helped land thousands of Allied soldiers in small boats without the loss of a single life. Much of his career was in intelligence and special operations with motor torpedo boats and submarines and then with a special force unit directed by Fleming.

 

Charles Mims

http://www.the-sandbox.org

 

 

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