How many B-17s took off from Midway for the first air attack ?
By the middle of 1943 both units had replaced their B-17s with B-24 Liberators 5th Bombardment Group Hawaii , Solomon Islands , Nov 1941 – Aug 1943 23 d Bombardment Squadron 31 st Bombardment Squadron 72 d Bombardment Squadron 394th Bombardment Squadron Converted to B-24 Liberators , Aug 1943 11th Bombardment Group Hawaii , New Hebrides , Nov 1941 – Aug 1943 26th Bombardment Squadron 42 d Bombardment Squadron 98th Bombardment Squadron 431 st Bombardment Squadron Converted to B-24 Liberators , Aug 1943