NAME'S BOND..BIFFY BOND!
Daily Star|September 14, 2024
Writer based 007 on sailor spy chum called Dunderdale
AARON TINNEY
NAME'S BOND..BIFFY BOND!

JAMES Bond was secretly based on a Ukrainian-born British spy nicknamed Biffy, an army expert claims.

A biography of World War Two hero and multi-lingual intelligence officer Wilfred Dunderdale insists the sailor-turned-spy- who was also one of 007 creator Ian Fleming's best friends was the real inspiration behind Bond.

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