Ian Fleming's James Bond was in the SAS

spynovelfan

Possibly! I have laid out why I think this is the most likely hypothesis, and also explored the references and connections to special forces operations in Ian Fleming's novels and his life, in an in-depth article at my blog:

http://jeremyduns.blogspot.com/2010/05/commando-bond.html

If you click on the 'James Bond' tag at the foot of the article, you'll also find several other articles related to Fleming and Bond, including the full and illustrated versions of my articles on Geoffrey Jenkins' Bond novel, Per Fine Ounce, Jon Cleary's 1964 screenplay of The Diamond Smugglers and the real MI6 wartime operation that inspired the opening sequence of Goldfinger. I hope someone here enjoys them!

Jeremy

Sir Miles

spynovelfan wrote:

I hope someone here enjoys them!

Jeremy...I'm certain LOTS here will enjoy your articles...I always find your work very informative and well written...can't wait to read these -{

spynovelfan

Sir Miles wrote:

Jeremy...I'm certain LOTS here will enjoy your articles...I always find your work very informative and well written...can't wait to read these -{

Thanks very much, Sir Miles! I've also just put up an article looking at Fleming's influence on The Bourne Identity - and Fleming's inspirations for the idea. It's called 'Bourne Yesterday', of course:

http://jeremyduns.blogspot.com/2010/06/bourne-yesterday.html

Jeremy