Air Unit Commanders?

[ppilcher]

All;

In the game I have running I have noticed that a number of air units have an assigned commander that is not on the pilot roster. For example, VB-6 has LT Best, R.H. as the assigned commander but he does not appear in the VB-6 roster of pilots. On the other hand, units where the assigned commander is in the roster of pilots mark that pilot's name with an asterisk.

Does anyont know why a commander would be assigned that does not appear to be part of the unit? Also, if you wanted to find that commander (e.g. LT Best) and re-assign him as a pilot to VB-6 where he is already the unit commander, how would you go about finding him?

TIA

[Mike Solli]

Some are pilots while others aren't. Apparently, that was the case during the war.

[dr.hal]

Including captains of Aircraft Carriers and Air Combat task forces.....(not being pilots).

[crsutton]

And it changes. Pappy Boyington was a pilot commander for me early in the war but now he has been kicked up a bit and rides a desk while the rest of his squadron flies. But my best pilot recently died and he was a brigadier general. Who knows?