Ia tusia se faaauauga mo lenei palakalafa - Iā Iulai 1942, na tofia ai le Lieutenant Kofukuda e avea ma "Hikōtaichō" o le 6th Air Group, lea na fuafua e avea ma nofoaga o le malosiaga mo Midway Island ae talu ai na lē mafai e Iapani ona puʻeina Midway
. I le taimi lea, sa iai le iunite i Kisarazu i Iapani ma na faatonuina ai loa e siitia atu i Rabaul i New Britain i le aso 21 o Aukuso. Na taʻitaʻia e le Lieutenant Kofukuda se vaʻa vaʻalele e 5,000-kilomita i luga o le vai o le 18 Zero fighters mai Iapani i Rabaul e ala atu i motu (Iwo Jima, Saipan, Truk ma Kavieng), lea e leʻi tupu muamua mo se vaalele e tasi le nofoa i lena taimi.