The book claimed that Fleming had Bond use the Baretta .25, I
believe it
was, and that Fleming received at letter from one Geoffrey
Boothroyd
(sp?) after "From Russia With Love." (the second book.)
Boothroyd
apparently told Fleming that the gun was much too wimpy for
someone of
Bond's caliber, and he would never use it. Boothroyd
recommended the
Walter PPK 9mm, which soon became Bond's main squeeze.
Fleming and Boothroyd supposedly had a spirited communcation
about all
these masculine things, and Fleming was so impressed with the
man's
knowledge, that he named "Q" after Boothroyd. (Major
Boothroyd is his
name.)
Needless to say, I haven't seen this book in decades. If this
story is
true at all, I'm sure it's in the recent Fleming bio
...
Dave
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