Blood Red Skies: P-38 Lightning Squadron
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The P-38 Lightning’s comparatively long range proved invaluable in the Pacific Theatre and for escort duties in deep penetration raids over occupied Europe, enjoying considerable success as a ground attack strike fighter.
The twin-engined fighter enjoyed its most extensive deployment and successes in the Pacific theatre. Though it could not outmanoeuvre the A6M Zero at sub-200mph speeds, its speed and rate of climb lent it the capability of making several high speed passes in combat, and Japanese aircraft armour was more susceptible than German aircraft to the tight groupings of the P-38s guns.
It was P-38s that engaged in the fighter-intercept mission that claimed the life of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, architect of the attack on Pearl Harbor. In this engagement, 16 P-38G lightnings met two G4M “Betty” transports and six escorting Zeros. Both transports were lost as well as two Zeros, for the loss of one P-38.
Contents:
6 x Warlord Resin P-38 Lightning aircraft
6 x Advantage Flying Bases
1 x Punchboard with Game Tokens
1 x Aircraft Card (P-38J Lightning)
1 x Doctrine Card (Sustained Dive)
7 x Aircraft Trait Cards (3 x Heavy Hitter, 3 x Great Dive, 1 x Agile)
1 x Waterslide Aircraft Markings Sheet
Models supplied unassembled and unpainted
1/200, resin
Warlord Games
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Manufacturer information:
Warlord Games
Finch Cl, Lenton
Nottingham, Vereinigtes Königreich, NG7 2NN
info@warlordgames.com
https://eu.warlordgames.com/
Responsible person:
Frontline Games
Faerbereiweg 3A
Schleswig-Holstein
Huetten, Deutschland, 24358
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