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Speed and maneuverability are two of the most vital features of a combat fighter. The Japanese Zero had both, making it one of the deadliest planes in the Pacific theater during the early months of World War II. When the P-38 Lightning was deployed, it was equally as fast as the Zero but not nearly as agile. This episode goes back to Dec. 27, 1942, when U.S. rookie pilot Richard Ira Bong took on the Zero for the first time, employing cutting-edge dogfighting techniques to change the equation against Japan's premier fighter plane


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