Squadron Data

[grcurmudgeon]

The attached zip archive has two files in it:

• squadron_dump.py - you'll need python, but when run in PWCG's Input directory it will scan the Aircraft and Squadron directories and write to the console a list of squadron plane assignments. This will allow you to generate the data yourself in the future as PWCG gets updates for new planes if I'm not around or am being lazy or don't care about the new plane.
• bos_planes.txt - the result of running this on the PWCGBoS data
• fc_planes.txt - the result of running this on the PWCFC data

 

The resulting data is intended to ease answering the question "if I want to fly a Yak, what squadrons should I consider, and what other planes will that squadron be flying?" In this case the answer is:

yak
    * Yak-1 ser.69 1941-09-01 - 1943-02-01
    * Yak-1B ser.127 1942-06-01 - 1945-06-01
    * Yak-7B ser.36 1942-10-01 - 1945-06-01
    * Yak-9 ser.1 1943-03-01 - 1945-06-01
    * Yak-9T ser.1 1943-03-01 - 1945-06-01
    11th Fighter Air Regiment - VVS
            becomes 812th Fighter Air Regiment - 1943-09-18
        lagg: 1941-08-01 to 1943-03-01
        yak: 1943-03-02 to 1945-06-01
    157th Fighter Air Regiment - VVS
            becomes 651st Fighter Air Regiment - 1942-08-01
        hurricane: 1941-08-01 to 1944-08-31
        yak: 1944-09-01 to 1945-06-01
    233rd Fighter Air Regiment - VVS
            becomes 15th Fighter Air Regiment - 1942-03-01
            becomes 298th Fighter Air Regiment - 1943-09-18
        mig3: 1941-08-01 to 1942-03-14
        lagg: 1942-03-15 to 1943-09-17
        yak: 1943-09-18 to 1945-06-01
    34th Fighter Air Regiment - VVS
            becomes 273rd Fighter Air Regiment - 1942-03-01
            becomes 274th Fighter Air Regiment - 1943-09-18
        i16: 1941-08-01 to 1942-02-14
        yak: 1942-02-15 to 1945-06-01
    Normandie-Niemen Air Regiment - Normandie
        yak: 1942-08-01 to 1945-06-01

 

and my final choice depends on if I want to also fly laggs, mig-3s, i16s, and/or hurricanes during my career. It will also show you when the specific models of the plane are introduced and when they are withdrawn.

 

 

 

 

SquadronDump.zip

Edited January 29, 2022 by grcurmudgeon
Updated zip

[grcurmudgeon]

Playing my Mig-3 career I noticed that squadrons change names, so the zip and example have been updated with that data.

[grcurmudgeon]

Latest updates to the Flying Circus squadrons / planes have been posted.

[grcurmudgeon]

Updated with most recent data, plus I added which service each squadron is assigned to, and the introduction / withdrawal dates for each specific model of aircraft.

 

Note that for Flying Circus the difference between the Royal Air Service and Royal Flying Corps seems to be a matter of dates, the serviceId was the same for these squadrons so I could not differentiate them.