Kammala wannan jumla: "An kafa 241 Squadron Bomber Squadron 241" (VMSB-241) a Midway Atoll a ranar 1 ga Maris, 1942 a matsayin wani ɓangare na Ƙungiyar Jirgin Sama na Marine 22 (MAG-22). Daga Yuni 4<unk>6, 1942 rundunar ta yi yaƙi a cikin
Yaƙin Midway inda ya rasa 23 daga cikin jirage 30 kuma ya sha wahala 22 da aka kashe a cikin aiki da 14 da suka ji rauni a cikin aiki. A 0605 a ranar 4 ga watan Yuni, rundunar ta karbi umarni don tayar da dukkan jirginsu don kai hari ga wani jirgin saman jirgin sama na Japan wanda aka gani a kilomita 180 na atoll. VMSB-241 ya raba zuwa raka'a biyu, na farko ya ƙunshi 16 SBD-2s jagorancin Major Lofton Henderson, kuma na biyu na 11 SB2U-3s jagorancin Major Benjamin W. Norris. Ƙungiyar Henderson ta haura zuwa mita 9,000 don gano maƙwabtan abokan gaba, wanda ke fuskantar harin daga TBFs na Amurka da kuma B-26s. Masu jirgin sama na wannan rukuni sun ga jiragen ruwa na Japan a 0744, amma yayin da SBDs suka sauko da su, sun kasance sun sauko da su ta hanyar Nakajima B5Ns da A6M Zeros suna tashi da iska, wanda ba da daɗewa ba aka karfafa su da karin mayakan daga masu jigilar kaya a kasa. An harbe Henderson da wasu da dama (kawai takwas daga cikin wadannan jirage sun koma Midway) kuma harin bai yi nasara ba ko da yake wasu sun yi ikirarin. A 1700 an bayar da rahoton wani jirgin sama mai dauke da makamai mai dauke da makamai mai dauke da makamai mai dauke da makamai mai dauke da makamai 200 a arewa maso yammacin Midway, kuma Major Norris ya shirya VMSB-241 ta shida na SBD-2s da biyar SB2U-3s don harin dare. Jiragen sun tashi a karfe 19:00, amma ba su iya samun mai ɗaukar jirgin ba. Manjo Norris ya kasa dawowa daga wannan aikin, kodayake sauran matukan jirgi sun sami damar dawowa gida ta hanyar hasken wutar mai da fitilun hana jirgi waɗanda aka kunna a matsayin fitilu.