Enemy A/C south of Midway OR tale of 48 single engine planes 2000 miles from a base

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Originally Posted by Renesisfury

Had the same issue, followed the planes along their return flight path, was not able to find anything, no sound contact or anything else. So if I understand correctly, if the carrier was within Val or Kate range I should have been able to pick them up on my sonar?

Not necessarily. Planes can fly a lot further out than the range of the hydroplane noise their carrier group makes. It wasn't unheard of for the Japanese to base Vals and Kates on shore airstrips too, although that can't be the case around Midway.