Buster Crabb: The mysterious disappearance of the spy who inspired James Bond 007

The case of Buster Crabb is one of the most famous spy disapearances in the UK and April 19 will mark 67 years since he vanished. 1956, the peculiar disappearance of Commander Lionel ‘Buster’ Crabb sparked one of the biggest spy mysteries ever – and to this day, the truth is still untold following the extension of the security classification to 100 years, which will run out in 2057. Soviet leaders Marshal Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev were in Portsmouth on a state visit aboard the cruiser Ordzhonikidze, accompanied by two destroyers.
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