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You probably know this, but for those who don't:

Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming were both actual British spies who knew each other well and shared story ideas. Fleming partially based Bond on Dahl's work in the war.

Dahl's job in WWII was sleeping with rich American women to gather intelligence data.

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For some reason I thought Roald Dahl was a fighter pilot, but maybe that was just one of his stories, or maybe I misremember.

He was, for the first few years of the war. His wikipedia article has the details of his wartime career. You're probably thinking of "A Piece of Cake", which was his first published story and based on a plane crash he'd been in in 1940.

You are right, he was a fighter pilot but was injured and ended up in Canada and America doing diplomatic/intelligence work.

Goodness me. Got pointers for me to read? Thanks.

The Irregulars https://www.amazon.com/Irregulars-Roald-British-Wartime-Wash...

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