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DICK J:

"In 1946, at the age of 16, Connery enlisted in His Majesty's Royal Navy. He received training at the naval gunnery school in Portsmouth and was assigned to an anti-aircraft artillery crew. His first and only ship assignment was the Illustrious-class aircraft carrier HMS Formidable. After three years of naval service, Connery was medically discharged due to a duodenal ulcer."

Back then, boys as young as 15 could enlist in the British Navy with parental consent. They were known as boy seamen.

Are you sure about this one? According to IMDB, Connery was born in August of 1930. Formidable decommissioned in March of 1947, at which time Connery would have been 16.

TRIVIA---more James Bond movie trivia.
In YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, Commander James Bond is shown in his Royal Navy uniform aboard a British submarine as he meets with M. In reality, Sean Connery was an anti-aircraft gunner on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Formidable.

In YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, Commander James Bond is shown in his Royal Navy uniform aboard a British submarine as he meets with M.

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While being interrogated by Helga Brandt, SPECTRE's Number 11, James Bond said, "I love ships, and I used to be a sailor."

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In reality, Sean Connery was an anti-aircraft gunner on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Formidable.

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