1941 - Counter Attack - World 900227 - Lockheed P-38 Lightning - Arcade Playthrough
1Developer - Capcom
Publisher - Capcom
Release Date 1990
Story
The war situation was hard to discern, and the rise of the new empire only shook the world. In the sky, the flashes of blue and crimson ran through, with the passion of loved ones.
P-38 Real World Information
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American propeller-driven fighter aircraft. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Named "fork-tailed devil" (der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" (2飛行機、1パイロット, Ni hikōki, ippairotto) by the Japanese, the P-38 was used in a number of roles, including interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers, evacuation missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.
A real P-38 from World War-II
The P-38 was used most successfully in the Pacific Theater of Operations and the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations as the aircraft of America's top aces, Richard Bong (40 victories), Thomas McGuire (38 victories) and Charles H. MacDonald (36 victories). In the South West Pacific theater, the P-38 was the primary long-range fighter of United States Army Air Forces until the appearance of large numbers of P-51D Mustangs toward the end of the war.