Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kafa rukunin a ranar 1 ga Afrilu 1942 a Kisarazu, Japan, kuma an fara sanye shi da mayakan Mitsubishi A6M Zero guda shida, a karkashin jagorancin Laftanar Hideki Shingō. Kungiyar ta yi wani yunƙurin katsewa ba tare da nasara ba a lokacin Doolittle Raid a ranar 18 ga Afrilu. A ranar 30 ga Mayu, ƙarfin mayakan ƙungiyar ya karu zuwa Zeros 33 kuma an nada Laftanar Tadashi Kaneko a matsayin kwamandanta ("Hikōtaichō"). An yi niyya ne don zama sansanin soja na tsibirin Midway bayan da za a kama shi a cikin Operation MI mai zuwa a watan Yuni. An shiga jirgin sama shida a kan mai ɗaukar "Akagi", tara "Kaga", uku a kan "Hiryū" da "Sōryū", yayin da 12 ke kan "Jun'yō". Wasu daga cikin mayakan sun shiga cikin yakin Midway karkashin Lieutenant Kaneko, kuma a
An kai hari kan tashar jiragen ruwa ta Dutch karkashin Laftanar Zenjirō Miyano.