If you're going to pick up on the Proctor, then there is also something wrong about the Liberty ship. The George F Elliott was not a Liberty ship and was in fact sunk by the Japanese near Suvo Bay in 1941.
Liberty ships were only first launched in late 1941, so for one to be in Liverpool in the February would be unusual. However, I'm not wanting to disrupt these memories, suffice it to say he was on a troopship in Feb 42, that's good enough for me.
I don't need names and packdrill, let's get on with the story!!
Ahem! Red face..... THERE was a George F Elliott, but not a Liberty ship. She was the SS Delbrasil operated by the Mississippi Shipping Company from May 1941. The ship was then taken over by the US Navy as the George F Elliott in August 1943 (See Wikipedia [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_George_F._Elliott_(AP-105)[/URL]
My apologies for drifting this off thread....
Last edited by Icare9; 2nd May 2009 at 19:26.
Reason: Too quick to comment without checking all Google entries!!