 With no hope of reconnecting with the outbound torpedo bombers, his section was forced to head back to "Lexington".The change in plans wound up assisting in the defense of Task Force 17, however, when Vorse, returning to the formation of ships, broke through the clouds and into the flak-filled skies above "Lexington" and .Almost immediately he spotted a lone Aichi D3A Val dive bomber making a run on "Yorktown".