After they took off, they headed towards Barber's Point at the southwest tip of Oahu, and initially saw an unarmed group of American B-17 Flying Fortress bombers arriving from the mainland United States.
After becoming airborne, they made their way to Barber's Point on the southernmost point of Oahu, where they initially encountered a group of unarmed American B-17 Flying Fortress bombers landing from the U.S. mainland.