Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna July 1942, Mutevedzeri Kofukuda akagadzwa se"Hikōtaichō" we6th Air Group, iyo yaida kuva nhare yeMidway Island asi sezvo vaJapan
vakakundikana kubata Midway. Panguva iyoyo boka racho rakanga riri paKisarazu muJapan uye rakanga raudzwa kuti riende kuRabaul kuNew Britain musi wa21 Nyamavhuvhu. Lieutenant Kofukuda akatungamirira 5,000-km pamusoro pemvura chikepe ndege 18 Zero varwi kubva kuJapan kuna Rabaul Via zvitsuwa nezvigadziko (Iwo Jima, Saipan, Truk uye Kavieng), izvo zvakanga zvisati zvamboitika kuti mumwe-chigaro ndege panguva.