Tuskegee Airmen - 99th FS

[Falcon41]

     Well, I've finally completed a Scripted Campaign for the Tuskegee Airmen which currently includes 27 missions (I expect to construct several more in the future).  Special thanks go out to multiple skinners, including Viper, Raptor, and Off-Winters whose work cannot be overemphasized, just look for P-40 skins from the 99thFS, 332ndFG. Additionally, I'd like to thank Jägermeister for all the advice and suggestions he made regarding changing individual missions into this campaign.  The campaign is to be flown with Off-Winters Desert MOD v.8 using the Kuban map which will give the early missions flown in North Africa and Tunisia a more realistic background, but the first mission is flown on the Stalingrad map so make certain you have that map.

    I've been a fan of IL-2 since its beginnings and like many of you have found the ME intimidating to say the least. Nevertheless, I've been able to put together a few missions dealing with the exploits of the 99th FS of the 332nd FG, commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen.  I've relied on several publications, e.g., "The Tuskegee Airmen Chronology" by Daniel Haulman, "Red Tails" by John Holway and "332nd FG - Tuskegee Airmen" by Chris Bucholtz to gain an idea of the kind of missions these men undertook.  One quickly understands that these young men were not only fighting a determined enemy but were also fighting an equally determined service that only reluctantly agreed to the "experiment" of allowing black pilots to serve.

     Truly these young men were some of the best of America and deserve to be recognized for all they did.  These missions represent the kinds of combat they encountered during their deployments in North Africa, Sicily and Italy.  Using Off-Winters latest version will allow you to also use some of the great skins he's made for both Luftwaffe and US aircraft.  Additionally, I would like to recognize the talents of several skinners who have provided me with skins and information for members of the 99thFS, e.g., Raptor, Viper, and any others whom I've forgotten.

 

 

 

Tuskegee Airmen - Shortcut.zip

Edited September 5 by Falcon41
Correction to comment

[Billsponge1972]

Thank you! I've been waiting for this! 

The download is a link. Is this correct?

[Falcon41]

Billsponge1972,

    Just double click on the shortcut-zip and then extract the mission files to wherever you keep your campaigns.

Falcon41

[Billsponge1972]

Sorry Falcon41, still not working for me. 😐

Originally tried on my android and then on my PC but no luck. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[Falcon41]

What happens when you click on the shortcut.zip?

Edited September 6 by Falcon41
Correction

[Billsponge1972]

I get this menu on a right click. If I left click it downloads a zip file that contains the link but nothing else

[Falcon41]

Billsponge1972,

     First let me apologize for not being computer literate; however, let's try this as I believe attempting to send the entire campaign was just too big.  I'm going to send the missions for the campaign in separate packages.  You'll need to place them into a single folder in your Campaigns folder

Tuskegee_1.zip

[Billsponge1972]

This worked for me! Thanks so much!

[Falcon41]

Billsponge1972,

     Here's the second package and remember to place these files into the same folder as the previous package.

Falcon41

TUSKEGEE_2.zip

Billsponge1972,

     Here's the last package.  I hope you enjoy the campaign.

Falcon41

Tuskegee_3.zip

[Billsponge1972]

Yes! That worked! Thanks so much! 

I'm not home right now to assemble the campaign but I'm fairly savvy with it. I looked at the zip files and they contain all the necessary files. I will be home Sunday to try it out but I'm confident it will work now.

Thank you for helping me and thank you so much for what I'm sure will be an awesome campaign!

[Falcon41]

Billsponge1972,

     you're welcome and I'm sorry for the confusion with the downloads.  It seems having that many files just overwhelmed the system.  Enjoy the campaign and I'm open to any suggestions you might have.

Falcon41

[Billsponge1972]

Will do. 🙂

[Falcon41]

 

On 9/5/2025 at 2:20 PM, Falcon41 said:

     An update on installing this campaign.  Ignore the Shortcut.zip file, it was my mistake.  If you scroll up to the discussion between me and "Billsponge1972" you will see that there are 3 separate packages that have been provided in order for the campaign to fully downloaded.  Just place the missions in each of the packages into a single folder for this campaign.  I hope you enjoy flying this campaign as much as I did building it.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 12 by Falcon41
additional info

[Billsponge1972]

Finished the first four missions. Had to do a couple of them over because of my pension for staying longer than I should at the Target. 🙂 Good stuff! Haven't found anything weird, only a few misspells in the briefings.

[AcesDarthBubu]

Trying out the missions, do I need to custom select or modify the squadron's plane paint scheme/skin to match lore accurate or will the default skin apply correctly?

[Falcon41]

AcesDarthBubu,

     Yes, you should select a custom skin.  I found that the skins done by Raptor or Off Winters provide accurate representations of what was flown in the desert theater.  But, select a skin that you find appropriate.

Falcon41

[AcesDarthBubu]

On 9/21/2025 at 9:41 PM, Falcon41 said:

AcesDarthBubu,

     Yes, you should select a custom skin.  I found that the skins done by Raptor or Off Winters provide accurate representations of what was flown in the desert theater.  But, select a skin that you find appropriate.

Falcon41

Thanks for the answer @Falcon41. I did noticed that the AI squadron wingman have RAF skins too, hence took the liberty of changing all of the skins  for each mission to reflect US FG instead. Not sure whether it's lore accurate though.