03-21-2009, 09:24 PM
Doubtful, because the brass would have had priority for air transport. There were, however, passenger cars with compartments for lower ranking officers, which were filled beyond stated capacity, i.e., 8 - 10 junior officers in a six-man compartment. My father vividly recalls riding in one all the way to Fort Hamilton, New York for wartime passage on the Queen Mary to England, where - as junior-most officer aboard - he had the dubious honor of being appointed paymaster for the 22,000 troops aboard...in English currency.