Wilfred Dunderdale
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Wilfred Albert (Biffy) Dunderdale (24 December 1899-13 November 1990[1]) was a British spy and intelligence officer. He worked for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) between 1921 and 1959. His work involved liaison with French intelligence (1926-1940) and Polish intelligence (1940-1945).
It has been suggested that Dunderdale was used by Ian Fleming as a basis for the character of James Bond.[2]
Wilfred Dunderdale was born in Odessa, son of Richard Albert Dunderdale, a shipping magnate.
[edit] References
- ^ John Bruce Lockhart, "Dunderdale, Wilfred Albert (1899-1990)", rev., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
- ^ The James Bond Story. ABC TV Documentaries. ABC TV (2000-12-13).
- Matthew M. Aid, "'Stella Polaris' and the Secret Code Battle in Postwar Europe", Intelligence and National Security 17(3), Autumn 2002, pp 17-86.
- Brian Cathcart, "The name's Dunderdale, Biffy Dunderdale", The Independent (London), June 23, 1996
- Hugh Sebag-Montefiore, Enigma: The Battle for the Code, 2000, ISBN 0-7538-1130-8.
- Jacek Tebinka, "Account of the former Chief of Polish intelligence on cracking the Enigma code of 31 V 1974", p. 214 (footnote 34) in Jan Stanislaw Ciechanowski, ed. Marian Rejewski 1905–1980, Living with the Enigma secret, 1st ed, Bydgoszcz City Council, 2005, ISBN 83-7208-117-4
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