Here is another with some know history...
Several years ago, my late friend and I would attend the January Gun Show in Melbourne.
Probably only readily good show in Florida annually, this is the best because of the influx of northern snowbird dealers.
I found and purchased this 1942 Colt Commando. It is COLT lettered and shows it was one of 4 shipped to the Hood Rubber Co. for their armed guards.
Hood Rubber Company -- Watertown (Mass.)
During WWII, the Company was enlisted by the United States Armed Forces to manufacture bullet-proof fuel cells, deicers for aircraft, helmet liners and aviation boots products, especially military boots for both the Pacific and European theaters.
Hood merged into The B. F. Goodrich Company in 1929.
I'd like a Victory model, to complete the pairing.