Two Colts ---1942 and 1863.
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More on the 1942 Colt.
The vet, Capt Gilbert S. Tobin, was an American from New Jersey that came to Montreal to fly with the RAF Ferry Command before the U.S. entered the war.
Background.
“The U.S. was still a neutral country, so word went out through the “aviation grapevine”
about a secret operation based in Montreal, that needed experienced civilian pilots.
They offered an irresistible combination- a vital and important job, the chance to fly the latest aircraft, and a very large paycheck.
This attracted a rowdy bunch of airline pilots, barnstormers, crop-dusters and daredevils---men used to danger and risk. But nothing could prepare them for the treacherous winter skies over the North Atlantic Ocean, that in 1940 no one dared fly.
Before the U.S. had even entered the war, American pilots comprised over half of the civilian pilots that flew the experimental Ferry Command routes.”
It appears that Capt. G.S. Tobin was one of these U.S. pilots.
Gilbert Shepard Tobin (the vet) died on August 17th 1977,...he was originally from Verona, N.J.
The vet, Capt Gilbert S. Tobin, was an American from New Jersey that came to Montreal to fly with the RAF Ferry Command before the U.S. entered the war.
Background.
“The U.S. was still a neutral country, so word went out through the “aviation grapevine”
about a secret operation based in Montreal, that needed experienced civilian pilots.
They offered an irresistible combination- a vital and important job, the chance to fly the latest aircraft, and a very large paycheck.
This attracted a rowdy bunch of airline pilots, barnstormers, crop-dusters and daredevils---men used to danger and risk. But nothing could prepare them for the treacherous winter skies over the North Atlantic Ocean, that in 1940 no one dared fly.
Before the U.S. had even entered the war, American pilots comprised over half of the civilian pilots that flew the experimental Ferry Command routes.”
It appears that Capt. G.S. Tobin was one of these U.S. pilots.
Gilbert Shepard Tobin (the vet) died on August 17th 1977,...he was originally from Verona, N.J.
