Rank: Flying Officer
Service Number: 81622
Service: Royal Air Force 71 (Eagle) Squadron.
Died: 07 September 1941
Age: 24 years old
Son of I. Quimby Tobin and Mary Alicia Tobin, of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
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Published in the Los Angeles Times on 9 Sep 1941, page 7:
Three American members of the Eagle squadrons of the Royal Air Force, including one from Los Angeles, were reported missing today after a sweep of Northern France.
There were identified as Pilot Officer W. H. Nichols of San Carlos, Cal., Pilot Officer H. S. Fenlaw of Lewisville, Tex., and Pilot Officer Eugene Quimby Tobin of Los Angeles.
Nichols was believed to have been killed when his plane exploded in the air. The fate of Tobin and Fenlaw is uncertain, though one was believed to have parachuted to earth and the other last was seen gliding toward earth in the Boulogne area.
Eugene Quimby Tobin, 23-year-old member of the American Eagle Squadron who is reported missing in a flight over France. Left Los Angeles May 10, 1940, to 'ferry planes for an American company."
That was that he wrote his father, Quimby Tobin, 6441 Drexel Ave., a petroleum agent. The parent learned July 12, 1940 that his boy was flying with the British.
"Happy Father's Day" wrote the son. "I'm in the Royal Air Force flying Spitfires that have a top speed of 387 m.p.h."
The youth attended Blessed Sacrament School and Hollywood High School. He got a job in a film studio office after graduation and later "picked up flying."
Contributor: Patrick Purcell (47103899) •
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He was one of the 8 US civilians who took part in the Battle of Britain (1940) in the early days of WW II when the United States were still neutral. His career and those of his fellows are described in the book "The Few" by Alex Kershaw.
Contributor: Francky De Rous (51132095)
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Service Number: 81622
Service: Royal Air Force 71 (Eagle) Squadron.
Died: 07 September 1941
Age: 24 years old
Son of I. Quimby Tobin and Mary Alicia Tobin, of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
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Published in the Los Angeles Times on 9 Sep 1941, page 7:
Three American members of the Eagle squadrons of the Royal Air Force, including one from Los Angeles, were reported missing today after a sweep of Northern France.
There were identified as Pilot Officer W. H. Nichols of San Carlos, Cal., Pilot Officer H. S. Fenlaw of Lewisville, Tex., and Pilot Officer Eugene Quimby Tobin of Los Angeles.
Nichols was believed to have been killed when his plane exploded in the air. The fate of Tobin and Fenlaw is uncertain, though one was believed to have parachuted to earth and the other last was seen gliding toward earth in the Boulogne area.
Eugene Quimby Tobin, 23-year-old member of the American Eagle Squadron who is reported missing in a flight over France. Left Los Angeles May 10, 1940, to 'ferry planes for an American company."
That was that he wrote his father, Quimby Tobin, 6441 Drexel Ave., a petroleum agent. The parent learned July 12, 1940 that his boy was flying with the British.
"Happy Father's Day" wrote the son. "I'm in the Royal Air Force flying Spitfires that have a top speed of 387 m.p.h."
The youth attended Blessed Sacrament School and Hollywood High School. He got a job in a film studio office after graduation and later "picked up flying."
Contributor: Patrick Purcell (47103899) •
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He was one of the 8 US civilians who took part in the Battle of Britain (1940) in the early days of WW II when the United States were still neutral. His career and those of his fellows are described in the book "The Few" by Alex Kershaw.
Contributor: Francky De Rous (51132095)
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Rank: Flying Officer
Service Number: 81622
Service: Royal Air Force 71 (Eagle) Squadron.
Died: 07 September 1941
Age: 24 years old
Son of I. Quimby Tobin and Mary Alicia Tobin, of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
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Published in the Los Angeles Times on 9 Sep 1941, page 7:
Three American members of the Eagle squadrons of the Royal Air Force, including one from Los Angeles, were reported missing today after a sweep of Northern France.
There were identified as Pilot Officer W. H. Nichols of San Carlos, Cal., Pilot Officer H. S. Fenlaw of Lewisville, Tex., and Pilot Officer Eugene Quimby Tobin of Los Angeles.
Nichols was believed to have been killed when his plane exploded in the air. The fate of Tobin and Fenlaw is uncertain, though one was believed to have parachuted to earth and the other last was seen gliding toward earth in the Boulogne area.
Eugene Quimby Tobin, 23-year-old member of the American Eagle Squadron who is reported missing in a flight over France. Left Los Angeles May 10, 1940, to 'ferry planes for an American company."
That was that he wrote his father, Quimby Tobin, 6441 Drexel Ave., a petroleum agent. The parent learned July 12, 1940 that his boy was flying with the British.
"Happy Father's Day" wrote the son. "I'm in the Royal Air Force flying Spitfires that have a top speed of 387 m.p.h."
The youth attended Blessed Sacrament School and Hollywood High School. He got a job in a film studio office after graduation and later "picked up flying."
Contributor: Patrick Purcell (47103899) •
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He was one of the 8 US civilians who took part in the Battle of Britain (1940) in the early days of WW II when the United States were still neutral. His career and those of his fellows are described in the book "The Few" by Alex Kershaw.
Contributor: Francky De Rous (51132095)
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Service Number: 81622
Service: Royal Air Force 71 (Eagle) Squadron.
Died: 07 September 1941
Age: 24 years old
Son of I. Quimby Tobin and Mary Alicia Tobin, of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
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Published in the Los Angeles Times on 9 Sep 1941, page 7:
Three American members of the Eagle squadrons of the Royal Air Force, including one from Los Angeles, were reported missing today after a sweep of Northern France.
There were identified as Pilot Officer W. H. Nichols of San Carlos, Cal., Pilot Officer H. S. Fenlaw of Lewisville, Tex., and Pilot Officer Eugene Quimby Tobin of Los Angeles.
Nichols was believed to have been killed when his plane exploded in the air. The fate of Tobin and Fenlaw is uncertain, though one was believed to have parachuted to earth and the other last was seen gliding toward earth in the Boulogne area.
Eugene Quimby Tobin, 23-year-old member of the American Eagle Squadron who is reported missing in a flight over France. Left Los Angeles May 10, 1940, to 'ferry planes for an American company."
That was that he wrote his father, Quimby Tobin, 6441 Drexel Ave., a petroleum agent. The parent learned July 12, 1940 that his boy was flying with the British.
"Happy Father's Day" wrote the son. "I'm in the Royal Air Force flying Spitfires that have a top speed of 387 m.p.h."
The youth attended Blessed Sacrament School and Hollywood High School. He got a job in a film studio office after graduation and later "picked up flying."
Contributor: Patrick Purcell (47103899) •
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He was one of the 8 US civilians who took part in the Battle of Britain (1940) in the early days of WW II when the United States were still neutral. His career and those of his fellows are described in the book "The Few" by Alex Kershaw.
Contributor: Francky De Rous (51132095)
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