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The Life And Times Of Little Nellie's Father, An Interview With Wing
Commander Kenneth H Wallis By Christopher Johnson.
With twin machine guns, fixed to 100 yards using incendiaries and high
explosives; a cluster of aerial mines, twin rocket packs, forward firing on
each side; two air-to-air heat seeking missiles and twin smoke
generators/flame throwers firing astern, 'Little Nellie' packs a powerful
punch if you ever find yourself up against a fleet of SPECTRE helicopters.
"Tiger, contact M. Tell him to send Little Nellie. Repeat. Little Nellie.
Suggest she be accompanied by her father. Most urgent." It is with these
words that James Bond summons Little Nellie to help him track down SPECTRE
in the 1967 film 'You Only Live Twice'. She arrives with her on-screen
father in the guise of "Q" portrayed by Desmond Llewelyn. In reality 'Little
Nellie's' father is her creator, Wing Commander Kenneth H Wallis, who also
doubled for Sean Connery and piloted his unique aircraft in the film. But
his time 'as' 007 is just a small part of a highly interesting life and
career.
"It was a totally new experience - one that I did not realise would have
such a long lasting effect and one that I was fortunate to have undertaken."
Read the full interview on the 'Bondpix Freelance Photography' website at
http://www.djwilliamsphotography.com/articles/ken_wallis.htm
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