Are you tired of losing a pilot, or losing mission progress?
Guess what, you can undone all the bad things that has happen to your pilot :)
All the data about your progress is in a XML file, which you nicely can change with "note" or "note++" or another text editor :)

1. Make sure that you can see hidden folders and files in your file explorer.
2. Local the "SF0.xml" file, it is located here "<system Partition>:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\WingsSaveData".


3. edit the SF0.xml file.

Living pilots are inside the <characters> ... <characters> bracket.
The structure of a pilot is the following:

<Character>
<name> enter name of pilot</name>
<skills>
<int>value of the Flying skill, range 1-999</int>
<int>value of the Stamina skill, range 1-999</int>
<int>value of the Mech skill, range 1-999</int>
<int>value of the Shooting skill, range 1-999</int>
</skills>
<kills>
<int>number of kills for the single type plane</int>
<int>number of kills for the double type plane</int>
<int>number of kills for the triple type plane</int>
<int>number of kills for the balloon</int>
</kills>
<rankOffset>value for the rank of the pilot(Im not sure here, but the higher the value, the higher the rank)</rankOffset>
<ditches>number of ditches</ditches>
<repromands>number of repromands</repromands>
<FailedMissionsInARow>number of Failed Missions In A Row</FailedMissionsInARow>
<dogfightMissions>number of dogfight Missions the pilot has been in</dogfightMissions>
<strafingMissions>number of strafing Missions the pilot has been in</strafingMissions>
<bombingMissions>number of bombing Missions the pilot has been in</bombingMissions>
<hiddenBonousMedalforBackers>value is "false" or "true"(don't know what this does)</hiddenBonousMedalforBackers>
<medalStatus>
<int>value of how close the pilot is to receive the Military Cross(999 is for having the medal)</int>
<int>value of how close the pilot is to receive the Croix DE Guerre(999 is for having the medal)</int>
<int>value of how close the pilot is to receive the Dist. Serv Order(999 is for having the medal)</int>
<int>value of how close the pilot is to receive the Legion D'Honneur(999 is for having the medal)</int>
<int>value of how close the pilot is to receive the Victoria Cross(999 is for having the medal)</int>
</medalStatus>
<FailCount>number of Failed missions(I think)</FailCount>
<HasJoinedBefore>value is "false" or "true", True means that the pilot has joined the squadron. </HasJoinedBefore>
</Character>


4. Change the current mission.
Find the following bracket and change the value in it:
<MissionUpto>The mission number (The higher the value, the further you are in the war, don't know the highest value, but it is over 180) </MissionUpto>


Thats all i have for you. Anyone who can give more information about this, please share it.

Remember knowledge is power :)

Guard it well.

Excellent work westkane - have re-posted in the Steam forum with a cred to you.

The last mission number is 247. If you set it to 248 or higher you get an easter egg message in the logbook, but the following strafing mission won't start.

I followed the instruction but there is no 'Wingssavedata' folder