Wilfred Dunderdale

Commander Wilfred Albert (Biffy) Dunderdale MBE (24 December 1899 – 13 November 1990[1]) was a British spy and intelligence officer. It has been suggested that Dunderdale was used by Ian Fleming as a basis for the character of James Bond.[2]

Life

Wilfred Dunderdale was born in Odessa, son of Richard Albert Dunderdale, a shipping magnate. .

He worked for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) between 1921 and 1959. His work involved liaison with French intelligence (1926–40) and Polish intelligence (1940–45).

Bill "Biffy" Dunderdale, was station head of MI6 in Paris, wore cufflinks and handmade suits and was chauffeured around Paris in a Rolls-Royce.

Notes

  1. John Bruce Lockhart, "Dunderdale, Wilfred Albert (1899-1990)", rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
  2. "The James Bond Story". ABC TV Documentaries. ABC TV. 2000-12-13.

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