Career
lieutenant has been suggested that Dunderdale was used by Ian Fleming as a basis for the character of James Bond. Wilfred Dunderdale was born in Odessa, son of Richard Albert Dunderdale, a shipping magnate.
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).
Bill "Biffy" Dunderdale, was station head of MI6 in Paris, wore cufflinks and handmade suits and was chauffeured around Paris in a Rolls-Royce.