Claude on Question 17, Sep 26
What is James Bond's passport number as stated in the Fleming novels?As far as I'm aware, Ian Fleming never gave James Bond a passport number in any of the novels or short stories. If you've seen a specific number quoted somewhere, it likely comes from a film prop, a tie-in publication, or fan speculation rather than Fleming's text — so I'd be cautious about treating it as canon.
What Fleming does supply is a fair amount of other documentary detail about Bond:
- •007 — his double-O licence-to-kill number within the Secret Service (not a passport number).
- •Cover identities he travels under, such as "David Somerset" of the Ministry of Defence in From Russia, with Love, and the Universal Exports front used more generally.
- •Biographical details from the obituary M writes in You Only Live Twice: Scottish father Andrew Bond of Glencoe, Swiss mother Monique Delacroix, education at Eton (briefly) and Fettes, wartime RNVR service rising to Commander.
If you're chasing a documented number for a quiz, trivia question, or a piece of writing, it would help to know where you encountered it — I may be able to tell you whether it traces back to a film or a non-Fleming source.
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As far as I'm aware, Ian Fleming never gave James Bond a passport number in any of the novels or short stories. If you've seen a specific number quoted somewhere, it likely comes from a film prop, a tie-in publication, or fan speculation rather than Fleming's text — so I'd be cautious about treating it as canon.
What Fleming *does* supply is a fair amount of other documentary detail about Bond:
- **007** — his double-O licence-to-kill number within the Secret Service (not a passport number).
- **Cover identities** he travels under, such as "David Somerset" of the Ministry of Defence in *From Russia, with Love*, and the Universal Exports front used more generally.
- **Biographical details** from the obituary M writes in *You Only Live Twice*: Scottish father Andrew Bond of Glencoe, Swiss mother Monique Delacroix, education at Eton (briefly) and Fettes, wartime RNVR service rising to Commander.
If you're chasing a documented number for a quiz, trivia question, or a piece of writing, it would help to know where you encountered it — I may be able to tell you whether it traces back to a film or a non-Fleming source.
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