27 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, fighters 37 Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless, dive bombers 14 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator, torpedo bombers (10 lost) : 77 aircraft 27 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, fighters 35 Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless, dive bombers 15 Douglas TBD-1 Devastator, torpedo bombers (all lost) Japanese Forces The Japanese carriers of the Striking Force operated: : 60 aircraft (sunk) 24 Mitsubishi A6M Zero, fighters 18 Aichi D3A,"Val" dive bombers 18 Nakajima B5N,"Kate" torpedo bombers : 74 aircraft (sunk) 27 Mitsubishi A6M Zero, fighters 18 Aichi D3A,"Val" dive bombers 27 Nakajima B5N,"Kate" torpedo bombers 2 Aichi D3A,"Val" dive bombers (as cargo, likely non-operational) : 57 aircraft (sunk) 21 Mitsubishi A6M Zero, fighters 18 Aichi D3A,"Val" dive bombers 18 Nakajima B5N,"Kate" torpedo bombers : 57 aircraft (sunk) 21 Mitsubishi A6M Zero, fighters 16 Aichi D3A,"Val" dive bombers 18 Nakajima B5N,"Kate" torpedo bombers 2 Yokosuka D4Y1C, pre-series dive bombers (experimental reconnaissance aircraft) (Note: These figures include 21 operational Zero fighters of the 6th Air Group being ferried to Midway by the carriers.) Japanese battleships and cruisers: 16 reconnaissance floatplanes, most of them short-ranged (5 Aichi E13A, 10 Nakajima E8N, 1 Aichi E11A) Footnotes References World War II orders of battle