[hider=Major De Bruin] Rank: Major Name: Paul Renier De Bruin Date/Place of birth: February 26th 1949 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Character history: Born to a father who served in WWII, first piloting a Lancaster in the RAF, later a Spitfire, and later still P-51s and F-86 Sabres over Korea as part of the South African Air Force, his old man met his mother, a French Jewess, after he was shot down over Northern France. The two near-strangers went on a biking adventure through France and Spain and went back to Britain, where she worked as a liaison with the French Resistance. The two later settled in South Africa, where they married and started a family. Paul is the second son and third child, and taking after his father he served in the South African Air Force from 1968 until 1978, when he was honourably discharged. Looking for life in the civilian world, he stumbled across a job flying cargo around Renegade Africa. (Based in Angola he flew around South Africa, South West Africa, Rhodesia, and Mozambique.) Making a little living for himself, he was eventually approached by Humphreys&Henderson for work in clandestine operations. Appearance: 1.83 Tall, broad-shouldered, he has brown hair and grey-green eyes, is clean-shaven. He tends to wear jeans, t-shirts, combat boots, and aviator shades. Gear: A belt with a magazine pouch holding two for his MP5, as well as a small first-aid kit. Weapons and equipment: H&K MP5 Role: Piloting is his chief job, as Humphreys intends to get some aircraft from the Zairians, but until then he is a mechanic and a rifleman. Miscellaneous: [/hider]