The Secret Serviceĭuring World War II Ian Fleming was attached to Naval Intelligence – nothing to do with MI5 or MI6 – where he first worked as the personal assistant of the Director, Rear Admiral John Godfrey.Īs of September 1942 Fleming became head of a special unit called '30 Assault Unit' (abbreviated to '30 Au'). There can, however, be no doubt that figure of Ian Fleming will forever be associated with '007'. In 1968 a film was made of the book with a script by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes and which starred Dick van Dyke and Gert Fröbe and Benny Hill in supporting roles. Ian Fleming's fiction was not limited to the 'BOND' novels, he also wrote a children's book called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: the Magical Car, which was published in 1964.
Senior Lecturer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
