What is a Pieman?

My ears are punctuated with alertness at the moment. I can hear the clamor from here, reverberating around the widely spread sanctuaries of The Longest Days' various bastions of support.

"Simon, you promised we'd get to meet other chaps heading Normandywards on this expedition", the less sympathetic echoing, "Where are the real heroes?", and the more cynical still, "Are you a lonely fantasist?"

Well, it's time you got to meet the Pieman. The name is something that he has worked hard to shed, but it has stuck interminably with the pounds. His hero is Douglas Bader but sadly Pieman is less nimble on his feet. Read about the hero that was Douglas on the below link:

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Bader

Hailing from the depths of Yorkshire, he was only pried away from the white rosed county when the new world called him. He gained his flight wings in Florida, and also spent some time working on his tummy wings. He left America highly acclaimed for both sets of wings, having used chicken wings to get his latter fame. He now works for a large European defence subsidiary, carrying out reconnaissance flights across the world, most recently returning from West Africa.

Pieman has a degree in Town Planning, which is ironic given that had he been about in 1940 it's highly likely he'd have been decimating many a Stadtmitte or Rathaus. The below shot is of Nuremberg, which was controversially flattened by the Allies at the end of the war.


He also has a keen eye for photography, he loves his cars and is thus the team spanner, and is also rather partial to growing his own veggies. Below is a propaganda poster from the 1940s. Due to the scarcity of available rations the whole populace was encouraged to grow as many veggies as they could through such posters. We can be assured Pieman would have gone the extra mile to grow plenty of grub had he completed his tour of duty. I think you'll all agree that he's a welcome member of the team.