Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hangaia te waahanga i te 1 o Paenga-whawha 1942 i Kisarazu, Japan, a i te tuatahi e ono noa nga kaiwhaiwhai Mitsubishi A6M Zero, i raro i te whakahau a Lieutenant Hideki Shingō. I mahi te roopu i te ngana aukati i te wa o te Doolittle Raid i te Paenga-whawha 18. I te 30 o Mei, ka piki te kaha o te roopu ki te 33 Zero me te Lieutenant Tadashi Kaneko i tohua hei rangatira ("Hikōtaichō"). I whakaarohia kia mahi hei kaitiaki mo te Moutere o Midway i muri i tana hopu i roto i te Mahi MI e haere ake nei i te Pipiri. E ono nga kaiwhaiwhai i eke ki runga i te kaikawe "Akagi", e iwa "Kaga", e toru ia i runga i te "Hiryū" me te "Sōryū", i te 12 i runga i te "Jun'yō". I uru ētahi o ngā kaiwhawhai ki te Pakanga o Midway i raro i a Lieutenant Kaneko, ā, i roto i te
Te whakaekenga ki te Tauranga Rōpū o Rōpū i raro i a Lieutenant Zenjirō Miyano.