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The Man Behind the Mask of James Bond: 'Living with James Bond'

Non-Fiction | The true untold Origin of 007

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The "Blunt Instrument" Found

    For seventy years, the world believed that the 'original creation of' James Bond was merely a work of fanciful fiction.  Of course, some of it was. However, the origin of Bond was far more dangerous. For my family, the 'fictionalization' of Bronislaw was a matter of life and death.

    Bound by the British Official Secrets Act, Ian Fleming had his hands tied to identifying past Allied forces spies and assassins. So, he was tasked with a dual mission: to entertain the West (to make money and hopefully fame), and a legal requirement to shield the identities of the world's most hunted spies that he based his initial books upon. They a male and female constituted the basis for James Bond and Vesper Lynd. Both dealt with Churchill, both with the British War Office and both tied to the SOE through Gubbins 'M'. The girl however was tied directly to British PM Winston Churchill.
    Under the Act, and to protect my father (Bronisław Urbański), Ian Fleming made a silent pact with the legendary Krystyna Skarbek—the real Vesper Lynd—promising to disguise the truth by moving Bronisław’s signature scar to the opposite cheek of his fictional Commander Bond. He promised to protect her as well, but alas she was murdered in mid 1952 by Muldowney. Soon the world was aware that she was Ian’s model for Vesper Lynd. Krystyna or as PM Winston Churchill's favorite spy is now called SOE Christine Granville. She was Bronislaw's lover / cousin and more importantly she was his War Director and point of contact for the British War Office. Bronisław, was the true and original reason for James Bond. Finally, after 70 years the world has been told.

    Yes, he was controlled by the British War Office (Churchill) directly through SOE Christine Granville who kept him on a leash. As his relative/lover/war director she aimed him. Passed documents in paper form to Bronislaw and his partner Teddy, some signed by Winston Churchill. Some documents still exist! Teddy kept his documents. Bronislaw as he was supposed to - burnt them i.e. when in North Africa. But his top boss that he spoke to was 'M' Major Colin McVean Gubbins (Gubbski) who later was in charge of the SOE. This has been overlooked today as history fades.

    This deception was our armor. While the literary legend became a global icon, the literal man remained in the shadows, hunted by the real SMERSH and the reach of Lavrentiy Beria. But in Australia he could not reach us.

    While the cinema depicts a "British Commander," the true man was the Allied Forces’ "King Assassin." My father, Bronisław Urbański, was the original "blunt instrument." Known to the Polish Underground as the "White Ghost," he was a premier Liquidator for the lethal Unit 993/W. His reality was darker, colder, and far more dangerous than any silver screen could ever capture.

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The Forensic Genesis of 007: A 1-in-4-Trillion Match

    This isn't a theory; our proof even has a mathematical certainty (based on a BBC funded science). While historians have long debated Bond's "composite" nature, the Urbański-Fleming Correlation provides the world’s only documented 1:1 physical match.
 

• The Blueprint: In 1951, Krystyna Skarbek (the real-life Vesper Lynd) delivered my father’s 1949 Australian passport details and early 1950 photo to Ian Fleming.

• The Impossible Odds: Forensic science establishes that matching 8 precise physical features results in a 1-in-a-trillion probability.

• But he used a 10-Point Match: HOWEVER: - Applying the 10 unique features Fleming documented in 1962—including the "black comma" of hair and the "cruel mouth"—the match to Bronisław exceeds 1-in-4-trillion. That is correct! Refer to Ian Fleming letter 11th December 1962 in detail Bonds unique physique to Arthur Paul of Playboy Publications. 
  TAKE NOTE: Hoagy does not have this!

• The only thing Ian had to change - as instructed by SOE Christine Granville (because of the British Official Secrets Act), that his scar must be moved from forehead to RHS cheek for Bond. This would identify him and not permitted at all, he agreed. His scar was sustained by the NAZIS in Stalag VB December 1941.

• Bronislaw was trained on the ENIGMA years long before Alan Turin ever laid eyes upon it. In fact, Alan received the ENIGMA copies from Poland from Bronislaw and Marion Rejewski etc had worked on for many years before. Bronislaw was involved in the handing over of Polish ENIGMA's to MI6 in July 1939 with MI6's Gubbins there as well. He trained in Warsaw in the AVA Radio Co. Warsaw in the German Counterintelligence Dept. for Poland.

• He was a master Cryptologist and Wireless operator made him instant success with MI6 July 1939. His mates were Marian Rejewski others in the classroom, with his teacher, Maxymilian Cieszki. Bronislaw was a master of Cryptology, wireless radio, morse code, the ENIGMA (commercial version) and other signals.
  He was very much in demand as the war starts.
  Because of this Ian was intrigued and adds the SPEKTOR (or LECTOR he was not consistent) in his books/film. He was obsessed by Bronislaw. But then again Ian kept forgetting his height but in the end in the letter to Arthur Paul 11th December 1962 he wrote it was 6'1" not 6ft. See letter and lists his 10 precise and most unique features.
   

THE IMPACT: You would need the populations of 1,538 Earths to find another man who matches Ian Fleming’s description of James Bond as perfectly as Bronisław Urbański. (BBC funded Science).

 

As The Liquidator:

The Brutal Reality of Unit 993/W

    Fleming gave Bond a "License to Kill." My father lived it – simply put he (Bronislaw) personally killed hundreds of targets, most by hand strangulation, knifes and occasional gun (Pistol).

    Bronisław served in the elite Unit 993/W (Wapiennik)—in Eng. the "Revenge Company." They weren't just soldiers; they were Liquidators. You can search for this as well. Their mission was the cold-blooded elimination of high-value targets, Gestapo officers, and traitors. INSANE.
 

• The Transformation: After witnessing the murder of his brother Jan and sustaining a brutal head injury in Stalag VB, Bronisław awoke three days later as a "cool, calm killer."

• The "White Ghost": He became the most feared operative of the unit. His involvement in the sabotage of Liberator AL523—the crash that killed General Sikorski—is a fact supported by modern aeronautical trials and ongoing IPN investigations. Case has been officially opened. Author has this.

• The Real "M": While James Bond took orders from a fictional 'M', in reality Bronisław took them from Major Colin McVean Gubbins who used in MI6 'M'. 100% FACT it's just that the SOE branch closed after the war but MI6 kept going with its name. That's why you can't understand it. Because it is now gone. Unbeknown to the world he was the head of ‘MI6 Section D’ known as the James Bond section ....really! Gubbins was in charge of MI6 for Europe. Bronislaw called him "Gubbski" due to his love and help to the Polish people.

The Strategic Mask: Fiction as a Shield

    The transformation of Bronisław Urbański into "James Bond" was a masterstroke of Cold War survival. Ian Fleming knew that the reality of the "White Ghost" was too dark for the 1950s public; he was heavily fictionalized because the truth of his life was too staggering to be believed. It was ridiculous when we look back that he actually survived.
 

• Camouflage by Fictionalization: By turning a Polish "King Assassin" into a British Naval Commander, Fleming gave my father the ultimate protection. He hid a man hunted by SMERSH behind the glossy veneer of a gentleman spy.

• The Name as a Ghost: Fleming famously "stole" the name James Bond from an American ornithologist. It was a joke with a deadly serious purpose: to ensure that if Soviet agents came looking for the world’s most lethal operative (Bronislaw), they would find only a birdwatcher or a book character.

• From SMERSH to SPECTRE: The fiction adapted to the reality of the hunt. In 1958, when Fleming realized my father was still alive and being pursued, he transitioned the antagonist from the real-world SMERSH to the fictional SPECTRE—further blurring the lines to keep the "White Ghost" in the shadows.

 

Historical Restoration

    History is not static. Just as the identity of "M" was eventually revealed, the identity of the man behind 007 has now been forensically recovered.

    Bond was never Scottish. He wasn't even British. He was a survivor who operated in the shadows of ‘MI6 Section D’ —a man whose life was more explosive than any fiction.       Being Scottish ONLY came about after a decade and 12 x novels later when Sean Connery starred in the first film adaption - Ouch. Another secret revealed.
 

I am his son. This is his story. It is the truth.