James Bond (novel)/WMG

James Bond is actually semi-autobiographical.
Ian Fleming served in the Royal Navy during World War II, and achieved the rank of Commander (just like Bond). His cousin, Christopher Lee, also served in the Royal Army. Winston Churchill then commissioned a special team assembled from the most skilled members of each branch of the military. They were then deployed for special missions in Axis territory. That's right, they were part of the original Inglourious Basterds... After the war, all the records were sealed under the highest level of government secrecy. The exact nature of their assignments remain classified to this day, not to be revealed until the last of the members has died. Since he was sworn to secrecy, perhaps this was Flemming's way of letting the world know of the great service he did (some details exaggerated, of course).
 * Didn't Flemming Confirm this somewhere? Also, Cracked had an article about this too.

Blofeld is Ian Fleming.
In the novel Thunderball, Blofeld was born on May 28, 1908 -- the same day as Ian Fleming.
 * That was intentional.