James Doyle

"A man of few words. I like that."

- Isabelle DuFontaine

Sergeant James Edward Doyle was a British RAF Airman who took the job as a gunner in a B-17 Flying Fortress, and then joined the Special Air Service (SAS) in World War II.

Introduction
Sgt. Doyle was first in Call of Duty: United Offensive and was a returning character in Call of Duty 3. James Doyle joined the RAF on September 3, 1939 when the United Kingdom entered the War. Less than two years later, he served as a gunner for Lancaster bombers. In accordance with Lend Lease, the RAF were testing the effectiveness of heavy saturation daylight bombing with the new Boeing B17 Flying Fortress, or as the British termed it, "Fortress 1." Doyle is his pre-mission diary reveals his reluctance at this move. His misgivings are well founded when his bomber was shot down in an intense fight with the Luftwaffe on September 2, 1941 during an industrial raid over Rotterdam, Holland, he especially notes that he made a good decision to bring his parachute with him for once. Doyle narrowly escapes with the help of the Dutch Resistance in Holland under S.O.E. operative Maj. Ingram. Impressed at Doyle's resourcefulness Ingram recruits the Sergeant and participates in the Sicilian campaign. Doyle later serves with the SAS in France where he took part in guerrilla operations and shadow warfare with the FFI.

Biography
Sgt. James Doyle joined the R.A.F on September 3, 1939 when the United Kingdom entered the conflict. On the morning of September 2, 1941, Sgt. Doyle joined the S.O.E organization without hesitation after participating in a routine bombing mission as a gunner of dorsal turret. The mission which is where Call of Duty: United Offensive' starts off in the British Campaign. On a routine bombing mission over Dutch soil, towards Rotterdam, the B17 he was in, "A For Andy", was shot down after an intense dogfight with ME-109s and flak fire. He bailed from his plane and lost all of his crew mates. Once he reached the ground, he was stuck upon a tree with German soldiers down patrolling below, he was then rescued by Major Ingram and a band of Dutch Resistance fighters. Doyle impressed Ingram, assisting the band of rebels greatly by destroying their objective, the bridge connecting Antwerp to Amsterdam and escaping from area with Ingram and surviving fighters. Maj. Ingram subsequently recruits Doyle into the S.O.E.

Earning a very high score in the SOE school in Guilford Doyle completes training in time to participate in the Sicilian invasion of July 1943. Doyle, Ingram, and a band of SAS commandos attacked a battery of heavy caliber guns along the Capo Murro di Porco area near Syracuse. The mission went well after the plantation of some C2 charges on the gun and ammo dump, but during the exfiltration, the SAS team that was mounting the Kubelwagen was wiped out by a Panzer. Doyle and Ingram escaped to the nearby town with a German motorcycle with a sidecar. They fought their way to the docks, and got on board a German gunboat. They fought their way through a flotilla of German patrol boats with Maj. Ingram steering the ship and Sgt. Doyle manning the 20mm flak gun above the deck. They defeated the German patrol boats and escaped after witnessing the Battery's destruction from the sea to HMS Ulster Monarch.

During the Normandy Invasion, his group which consisted of SAS ops of Cpl. Keith, Pvt. Wilkins along with Maj.Ingram, are tasked to parachute 2 jeeps into French countryside to help French Maquis with their hit and run operations. Unfortunately, his plane was shot down by Nazi flak guns during a night drop near the French countryside and he regroups with the French Resistance led by French SAS member named Pierre LaRouche and Cpl. Keith (Pvt. Wilkins was killed by a German soldier and La Roche shot the soldier to save Doyle). He fought his way to find the lost jeeps, disabling manor house acting as makeshift barrack for flak gunners, and disabled the flak emplacement itself with help of Cpl. Keith and French Marquis. He joined up with Maj. Ingram and escaped to safety from pursuing German Panzers and vehicles. Soon after that battle, Sgt. Doyle fights in a German-controlled fuel plant in order to destroy it (to cut off fuel supply to Black Baron aka Richter, King Tiger that posed threat to Polish forces) and lost Major Ingram during exfiltration and midst of confusion. Soon, after arguing and debating with French Resistance members with Cpl. Keith, Doyle and the others rescue Major Ingram and some Maquis prisoners of war who are held hostage, but lost Isabelle DuFontaine, a major member in French Resistance. He served many more subversive operations against Germany with Maj. Ingram and Cpl. Keith until the end of the war.



Trivia

 * It is possible to see Doyle's body without driving the jeep, to do this, the player must stand on an elevated spot such as a crate or barrel and cook a grenade. When the grenade is about to blow, jump off the elevated position and explode in mid-air. If done correctly, the camera will exit Doyle's body, and the player will see Doyle's corpse fall to the ground.
 * There could have been some kind of romantic interest between Doyle and Isabelle DuFontaine.
 * It is also possible to see Doyle's face when driving the Jeep. This is possible when the player starts to turn the Jeep while seeing it from outside until eventually Doyle will look his head the other way when he does this the player can see he has no facial features what so ever and is just a empty face.
 * Doyle takes orders from Duncan Keith despite Keith being a lower rank, and possessing less medals.
 * Sometimes, Doyle will be wearing a Keith styled red beret, this can be seen when going to 3rd person in the jeep.

Source

 * Call of Duty: United Offensive
 * Call of Duty 3