![]() ![]() His persona whether real, imagined, fabricated, or exaggerated is said to be the inspiration that guided Ian Flemming's creation of his character James Bond Agent 007. Royal Air Force/Air Ministry: Department of the Master-General of Personnel: Officers' Service RecordsĪn Air Ministry document made up of a two page service record noting the various British intelligence entities he was employed by, and a notation that he was awarded the Military Cross on December 2, 1919. The file reveals that Reilly was a Russian-born Jew who was engaged in business activity in New York in 1915, when he came under suspicion from the Russians as being a German spy. Reilly was lured back into the USSR in 1925, arrested and executed. The British, so-called 'Ace of Spies', worked for British Intelligence in the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution. The MI5 files contain 171 pages of documents dating from 1916 to 1944. ![]() Sidney George Reilly - "Reilly Ace of Spies"īritish Intelligence & Royal Air Force Filesġ73 pages of Sidney George Reilly - "Reilly Ace of Spies" M15 British Intelligence & Royal Air Force Files. ![]()
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