1942 - First Version - Lockheed P 38 Lightning (Super Ace) - Arcade Playthrough
0Developer - Capcom
Publisher - Capcom
Release Date - July 1985
Game Story
Receiving a emergency order of departure, the P-38 Lightning flies away from the aircraft carrier. It's the beginning of a long battle journey.
1942 is set in the Pacific theater of World War II. The goal is to reach Tokyo and destroy the entire Japanese air fleet. The player controls the "Super Ace", who pilots the Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Super Ace Story
The Super Ace is a legendary ace pilot who fought in the Pacific War, piloting a Lockheed P-38 Lightning. In 1942, he is a member of the striking force whose mission was to cross the ocean and reach Japan, serving as a scout for the American fleet. In 1943, he is one of the pilots who detects the Japanese fleet during a scout mission, and is thus given the mission of fighting the fleet and destroy the powerful Yamato battleship.
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.