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Born in Mayfair, London, Ian Fleming was the younger brother of the travel writer, Peter Fleming. He was educated at Eton College and Sandhurst military academy, then went to university on the Continent to study languages. He worked as a journalist and stockbroker before the Second World War. On the eve of war he was recruited as personal assistant to the Director of Naval IntelligenceThe Naval Intelligence Department (NID) in the United Kingdom, otherwise known as Room 39''. Admiral Sir Barry Domvile, later interned during World War II was Director of Naval Intelligence from 1927 to 1930. James Bond author Ian Fleming worked in the De, Rear-Admiral John Godfrey .
Fleming's background in intelligence work gave him the background and experience to write somewhat convincing spy novels. The first James Bond story, Casino Royale, was published in 19531953 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for the calendar). Events January events January 7 President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugosl. It is believed that in this initial story he based the female character "Vesper Lynd" on real life SOEThe Special Operations Executive (SOE), often called "the Baker Street Irregulars" after Sherlock Holmes's fictional group of spies, was a World War II organisation initiated by Winston Churchill in July of 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by me agent, Christine Granville. As for the inspiration behind James Bond, one of the strongest candidates is said to have been Merlin MinshallMerlin Minshall is often claimed to have been the inspiration behind James Bond, the fictional spy created by Ian Fleming. Minshall worked for Fleming, as a member of the Special Branch of British Naval Intelligence. He wrote about his extraordinary life, who worked for Fleming as a spy during the Second World War. Another is a fictional character called Duckworth Drew, created by writer and journalist William Le QueuxWilliam Tufnell Le Queux ( 1864 1927) was an English journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat, an explorer, an aficionado of flying (he officiated at the first air meeting to take place in the UK Doncaster October 1909), a wireless pioneer (he broadc.
Besides the twelve Bond novels, Fleming is also known for the children's story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Ian Fleming is interred in the Church yard cemetery at the village of Sevenhampton , near Swindon, next to his wife Ann Geraldine Mary Fleming (1913-1981) and son, Caspar Robert Fleming (1952-1975).
Actor Christopher Lee is his cousin. Fleming wanted Lee to play the first Bond film villain, Dr No.
Fleming worked in UK Naval Intelligence during World War II, and was author of a plan — not in the end carried out — for capturing Naval Enigma material: Operation Ruthless .
In the book The Man Who Was M: The Life of Charles Henry Maxwell Knight by Anthony Masters, BooksEnthsiast.com it is claimed that during the war Fleming conceived the plan that successfully lured Rudolf Hess to fly into captivity in Britain. There's no other source for these claims.