Driver

Vital Statistics

Title: The Driver
Aka: Tread
Rank: Soldier 
Place of Birth: Brooklyn 
Country: USA 
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 183lbs. 
Special Abilities: Operating any land vehicles, expert in machine guns and molotov cocktails.
 

Background

1934-37: Car mechanic by day, thief by night
1937: Leaves for England, fleeing a prison sentence
1938: Sought by American authorities, enlists in the British Army
1938-40: Collaborates with the Foreign Office in testing vehicles and arms stolen from the enemy
1941: Meets Paddy Maine, who recruits him for the Commandos

Military Record

Tamet Airfield: 

Together with the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), after destroying eight German fighters with his jeep's machine gun and with no ammunition left, the Driver eliminated four more by smashing his vehicle into them. He suffered severe burns.

Oran Beach:

 Decorated for holding off a company of Italian regulars in a captured German tank, enabling the extraction of a squad of collaborators.

Additional Info

Mistrustful; relates poorly to teammates.
Long criminal career in the USA (Car theft, armed robbery, and so on).
Wide knowlegde of mechanics; can drive and repair any land vehicle.
During time in the Foreign Office, acquired skill in handling all types of arms.
Loves to gamble and smoke cigars.
Fluent in Spanish.