Japanese seaplane destroyed by American aircraft according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 12 March 1942

An item reported that 4 American fighters attacked 2 Japanese aircraft westward of Midway, one escaped the other - 4-engine seaplane- was 45 miles from Midway destroyed.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 92 dated 12 March 1942.