Catch_0x16 Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 Hello everyone. I've recently decided to play a career in BoN after years of sole multiplayer flying. My grandfather flew Hawker Typhoons in No. 245 squadron RAF and I was delighted to see the squadron on the career map in Normandy! Sadly however, the squadron was not available for my career pilot. Is there any way to mod the game in order to unlock this squadron? It would mean a lot to me to fly virtually, in the same squadron as my grandfather. Thanks all 2
Ram399 Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 It is hypothetically possible to do I think, it would just take a fair amount of digging about in the career files and manually putting in a lot of repetitive parameters. A far more feasible option would be to just rebrand one of the existing Typhoon squadrons as No. 245 and just go from there- a little less accurate historically but far easier.
1CGS BlackSix Posted October 13, 2022 1CGS Posted October 13, 2022 53 minutes ago, Catch_0x16 said: Hello everyone. I've recently decided to play a career in BoN after years of sole multiplayer flying. My grandfather flew Hawker Typhoons in No. 245 squadron RAF and I was delighted to see the squadron on the career map in Normandy! Sadly however, the squadron was not available for my career pilot. Is there any way to mod the game in order to unlock this squadron? It would mean a lot to me to fly virtually, in the same squadron as my grandfather. Thanks all Hello! Right now I'm creating a free historical campaign for Normandy and I hope to have it ready before the end of the year. Coincidentally, it will be dedicated to the activities of No. 245 Squadron in June-July 1944, and you'll be able to see your grandfather's aircraft at the head of the squadron in some missions. I'm very sorry that John Russell Collins was hit by anti-aircraft fire in August 1944 and he didn't see the victory and the end of the war and this will be mentioned separately in the epilogue of the campaign... 4
Catch_0x16 Posted October 13, 2022 Author Posted October 13, 2022 36 minutes ago, BlackSix said: Hello! Right now I'm creating a free historical campaign for Normandy and I hope to have it ready before the end of the year. Coincidentally, it will be dedicated to the activities of No. 245 Squadron in June-July 1944, and you'll be able to see your grandfather's aircraft at the head of the squadron in some missions. I'm very sorry that John Russell Collins was hit by anti-aircraft fire in August 1944 and he didn't see the victory and the end of the war and this will be mentioned separately in the epilogue of the campaign... Amazing! Can't wait! 1 1
Talon_ Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 I had a peek into the career generator and while it's not a perfect solution, No.175 RAF also flies Typhoons and shares a base with No.245 - and indeed moves each time 245 moves throughout the Normandy and Rhineland careers (the latter being bogged down at Volkel alongside much of the RAF for months!). It's not a great leap of imagination to say that 245 and 175 probably flew in close proximity throughout the war for this reason, so to tide you over why not join a sister squadron and share the mess hall & facilities with gramps?
1CGS BlackSix Posted October 13, 2022 1CGS Posted October 13, 2022 Yes, both squadrons were part of No. 121 Wing but their bases were slightly different until 24 June.
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