 On Midway , by 4 June the USN had stationed four squadrons of PBYs — 31 aircraft in total — for long @-@ range reconnaissance duties , and 6 brand @-@ new TBF @-@ 1 Avengers , the latter a detachment from Hornet 's VT @-@ 8 . The Marine Corps stationed 19 SBD Dauntlesses , 7 F4F @-@ 3 Wildcats , 17 SB2U @-@ 3 Vindicators , and 21 F2A @-@ 3s . The USAAF contributed a squadron of 17 B @-@ 17 Flying Fortresses and 8 B @-@ 26 Marauders equipped with torpedoes : in total 126 aircraft . Although the F2As and <unk> were already obsolete , they were the only aircraft available to the Marine Corps at the time . 
