Career
She was author Ian Fleming"s secretary during World World War II and was the model for his character Mission Moneypenny, James Bond"s loyal, long-suffering secretary. She served as an intelligence operative during World World War World War II lieutenant was later disclosed that she had assisted Fleming"s counter-intelligence efforts during World World War World War II She was responsible for helping deceive the Axis by creating a fictitious identity for a body that had turned up drowned, The Manitoba Who Never Was. The body was "disguise as that of a naval officer, complete with totally convincing "secret" papers showing a different plan of attack.. he body, appearing to be a casualty from a shot-down plane, would then be floated ashore in Spain, where local German spies would find lieutenant
Fleming"s task was to make the body totally convincing.
The book covers the minute attention paid to detail, which included placing theatre tickets and love letters in "Major Martin"s" pockets Paddy Bennett is one of two probable authors of those love letters. Dame Paddy Bennett died in 2009, aged 88.