600th Squadron Leaders

Three sets of tables has been compiled to provide a listing of who the squadron leaders were, what functions they performed and when. The tables are:

The data have been extracted from a variety of sources including:

600th Squadron Air Echelon
Date	Squadron Commanding Officer	Squadron Operations Officer	Squadron Assistant Operations Officer	Squadron Navigator	Squadron Bombardier
1-Mar-1943	John Weibel	E. Bruce Daily	-	-	-
29-Jan-1944	John Weibel to Group Air Exec. E. Bruce Daily	Bruce Daily to Squadron CO W.C. Markley
5-Jun-1944	Maj. E. Bruce Daily	Capt. W. C. Markley	Lt. V. G. Pappas	Capt. A. M. Adams	Capt. M. B. Richmond
30-Jun-1944	Maj. E. Bruce Daily	Capt. W. C. Markley	Lt. V. G. Pappas	Capt. A. N. Adams	Capt. M. B. Richmond
4-Sep-1944	Capt. W. C. Markley	Capt. Gene L. Douglas	Capt.? V.G. Pappas
26-Nov-1944	Capt. W. C. Markley	Capt. Gene L. Douglas (MIA) Capt. Harold Bestervelt	Capt. V. G. Pappas
23-Jan-1945	Maj. W. C. Markley	Capt. Harold Bestervelt	Capt. V. G. Pappas completed tour. Captain Keith W. Anderson
23-Feb-1945	Lt. Col. E. Bruce Daily	Capt. Harold Bestervelt completed tour.	Captain Keith W. Anderson completed tour.
8-Mar-1945	Maj. E.B. Daily	Maj. Dean Ashworth	Captain Keith W. Anderson
27-Mar-1945	Maj. E.B. Daily	Maj. Dean Ashworth	Captain Keith W. Anderson returns to USA Probably Captain Trevarrow
18-Apr-1945	Maj. Dean Ashworth	Maj. Dean Ashworth to Squad CO	Probably Captain Trevarrow

The Squadron Air Echelon includes men that held both combat leadership positions in additon to major squadron management functions.
Dates other than the end of the month tend to be the date of the actual change. End of month data tends to come from various end of month reports and the actual change may have happened earlier in the month.
Rank changes sometimes coincide with the date shown.
Table cells without entires may have been held by:
1. the person named above in that column, or
2. the person named below in that column.
Table entries with a hyphen (-) indicate this position did not exist for the indicated time period.

600th Squadron Ground Echelon
Date	Squadron Executive Officer	Squadron Adjutant	Squadron Assistant Adjutant	Intelligence Officer	Cryptographic Office
31 Mar 1944

600th Squadron Squadron Ground Echelon (continued)
Date	Communications Officer	Engineering Officer	Armament Officer	Bombsight Maintenance Officer	Ordnance Officer
31 Mar 1944

600th Squadron Squadron Ground Echelon (continued)
Date	Squadron Medical Officer	Squadron Transportation and Supply Officer	Mess Officer
31 Mar 1944

The Squadron Ground Echelon includes men that held both combat leadership positions in additon to major squadron management functions.
Dates other than the end of the month tend to be the date of the actual change. End of month data tends to come from various end of month reports and the actual change may have happened earlier in the month.
Rank changes sometimes coincide with the date shown.
Ttable cells without entires may have been held by:
1. the person named above in that column, or
2. the person named below in that column.
Table entries with a hyphen (-) indicate this position did not exist for the indicated time period.

600th Flight Commanders
Date	Flight Commander	Flight Commander	Flight Commander	Flight Commander	Flight Commander

Flight Commanders generally flew lead for either the squadron or the group. When they did, another pilot, generally flew with them as CA (Commander of Aircraft). The CA was generally but not always, the Squadron CO, the Squadron Operations Officer, or the Group CO.