Fleming smoked custom made Morland Specials each with three gold bands in memory of the rings on his naval uniform

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An exhibit at London's Imperial War Museum chronicles how novelist Ian Fleming used his wartime experiences in British naval intelligence to create the spy story to end all spy stories and spawn a global franchise with James Bond.

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