Tuskegee Airman

[Falcon41]

     I've been reading two informative books on the 332ndFG, "Red Tails" by John  Holway and "Black Knights" by Lynn Homan and Thomas Reilly and was struck by opportunity to create a campaign in our sim based on the history of this group.  First they flew a number of planes we have in the sim, namely, the P-39, P-40, P-47 and P-51; however, what we don't currently have are many skins in the colors of the 332nd FG and the 4 squadrons which made it up, the 99thFS, the 100thFS, the 301stFG, and the 302ndFS.  Now I don't profess to be a top notch mission builder, but I'd like know if some of you who do build missions would be willing to take this on.  I've outlined some of the missions described in the books above and would be willing to work with someone more experienced in mission building.  I also realize we don't have a map of North Africa or Italy where the 332nd conducted their missions; however, I've seen posts talking about moving to the Med or using other existing maps to create campaigns in this part of the world.   What do you think? 

[Raptorattacker]

I'd give you a hand with some skins, if need be. Keep me up to speed.

Rap

[Falcon41]

Rap,

     Thanks for your generous offer.  I plan to start the Red Tails campaign in North Africa where the 99thFS was based on a former Luftwaffe base outside the city of Fez in Onediger, Morocco.  The squadron flew P-40L's the Merlin engined version of the plane; however, I realize we don't have that plane in our sim but we can make good use of what we do have.  I have an excellent book on the 332nd FG which shows the colors used by the Group in these early years, published by Osprey and is written by Chris Bucholdtz and contains some excellent prints.  Perhaps, given your work, you may have a copy.  If not, I could copy some the plates and forward them to you and in the meantime I'll keep looking.

     Haven't decided which map to start with yet, any suggestions given North Africa is desert and near the Med?

[Raptorattacker]

PM me some piccies then. What's the name of the book? I'll see if I can find it...

EDIT No worries, I found it.

Edited February 5, 2020 by Raptorattacker

[Falcon41]

Rap,

     Have you made any progress with skins for the 322nd FG as discussed above?  I’ve started building but am making slow progress with the ME as it takes some time to understand and be comfortable with its use.  I’ m also experimenting with various maps to see which ones have terrain similar to N African deserts.  Stay safe and healthy.