why did the majority of the Hornet’s Air Group fail to find the enemy or how did the failure of the air group commander cost the hornet most of its Fighter Strength?

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How the failure of the air group commander cost the hornet most of its Fighter Strength
Before the group could set off for the battle there was a Japanese order of battle the group commander was to you issue his fighters (Roberts, 80). This was not done and still, there was no any information that could lead to them knowing how the Japanese would do the deployment of the four carriers. This is was entirely a question of direction whether East, West, North or South. The air group commander assumed the enemy would operate in two carrier groups (Agoratus,, 52).
The tale of where the Hornet’s planes were flying remained complicated (Ronald , 46). There were official reports the commander was to submit, but he did not make his fighters operate under vaguely misleading instructions. After the planes set off for the battle, there was the barrier in communication. The technical hitch affected most pilots only one could communicate with those in the control room (Rose, 80). Radio calls were not useful by then, and after a long period of flying, they realized they were flying to nowhere. They advanced to a wrong direction, far away from the enemy nearly 265 degrees to the West of the target. They missed the mark. The air group commander failed to organize the fighters who eventually abandoned in the mission, and the battle was just a toss-up (Hodge, 120).
It was even too late for the planes to redirect their attack to the essential place.

The enemies had had ample time establishing their military, and by the time Americans realize the mistake it was late. It meant that American fighters would begin engaging a battle they had already lost due to poor leadership from the side of the air group’s commander.

Works Cited
Ronald Russell, “Changing Course: The Hornet’s Air Group at Midway,” Naval History, February 2006, pp. 48–53.
Hodge, Carl Cavanagh. “Research & Debate.” Naval War College Review, vol. 68, no. 1, Winter 2015, pp. 119–127. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=99608318&site=ehost-live.Agoratus, Steven. “The Battle of Midway: The Naval Institute Guide to the U.S. Navy’s Greatest Victory.” Air Power History, vol. 61, no. 1, Spring 2014, p. 52. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=95060681&site=ehost-live.Roberts, Dorothy. “Midway.” The Hudson Review 20.1 (1967): 80. Web.Rose, Lislie. The Ship That Held The Line. New York: Naval Institute Press, 2012. Print.