Joe the pilot is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel Diamonds Are Forever. He is portrayed by Raymond Baker.

Joe is the second link in the diamond smuggling chain that leads up to SPECTRE. He is the pilot of a helicopter, who the novel identifies as being from Germany. In the novel, he receives the diamonds from Dr Tynan in South Africa and delivers them straight to London, whereas in the film, he drops them off with Whistler in Amsterdam first.

Unaware that Wint and Kidd have killed Tynan, Joe accepts a box, ostensibly full of diamonds, from them and flies off. Unfortunately for him, the box is actually an explosive, and Joe becomes the second victim of SPECTRE’s treachery.

See also:

• Bond henchmen