<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-14 April 1942, wathatha umyalo weTorpedo Squadron Three VT-3 ebhodini, ngaleso sikhathi esekelwe eKaneohe Naval Air Station. Ngomhlaka 27 Meyi 1942, i-VT-3 yadluliselwa e-Battle of the Coral Sea, esikhundleni se-Torpedo Squadron 5 VT-5. I-Yorktown yahamba nge-VT-3 eya eMidway Island futhi yangena empini  <response>: ngo-June 4, 1942. Phakathi nalokhu kuhlangana okubucayi, uMassey wabulawa ngesikhathi ehola iqembu lakhe ekuhlaseleni okuphansi ngokumelene nomphathi wezindiza waseJapane uHiryu. Wagcina ukubonwa ephelezelwa yizindiza eziyisithupha kuphela ze-F4F Wildcat, ezaziholwa uLieutenant Commander uJohn Thach, eziyishumi kwezingu-12 ze-TBD ze-VT-3 zalahleka. Ngenxa yobungqabavu bakhe ekuhlaseleni i-Hiryu, uMassey wanikezwa i-Navy Cross ngemva kokufa kwakhe. 