- Wilfred Dunderdale
Wilfred Albert (Biffy) Dunderdale (
24 December 1899 -13 November 1990 John Bruce Lockhart, "Dunderdale, Wilfred Albert (1899-1990)", rev., "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004] ) was a British spy and intelligence officer. He worked for the BritishSecret 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 ofJames Bond . [cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/documentaries/stories/s221447.htm|title=The James Bond Story|work=ABC TV Documentaries|publisher=ABC TV|date=2000-12-13]Wilfred Dunderdale was born in
Odessa , son of Richard Albert Dunderdale, a shipping magnate.References
* 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, [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19960623/ai_n14045908 "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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