 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Chikunguru 1942, Lieutenant Kofukuda akagadzwa sa Hikōtaichō we6th Air Group, iyo yaifanirwa kuve garrison yeMidway Island asi sezvo maJapan akatadza kutora 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. 