Air Operations, Carolines

41st Medium Bomb Group B-25s based in the Gilbert Islands attack Ponape Island, rearm and refuel at the airfield on Majuro, and attack the Jaluit and Maloelap atolls in the Marshall Islands on their way back to the Gilberts.

Air Operations, CBI

• 12 10th Air Force A-31s attack occupied villages near Buthidaung. 2 490th Medium Bomb Squadron B-25s and more than 50 10th Air Force fighter-bombers attack numerous targets in the Mogaung Valley. 17 B-25s and P-51 fighter-bombers attack road targets and support Allied ground forces near Maungkan.

• 3 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack a bridge near Thanh Hoa and rail targets near Vinh.

Air Operations, Europe

• 341 Lancasters and 11 Mosquitos of Nos. 1, 3, 5 & 8 Groups are sent to Aachen.
• The raid is accurate and causes widespread fires and damage in the center of the city and in the southern part of the town and particularly in the suburb of Burtscheid. Control of the air raid services is lost early when one of the first salvoes or bombs cut communications between the main operations center and outlying posts.
• 9 Lancasters are lost.

• 7 Mosquitos are sent to attack night-fighter airfields, 36 Mosquitos make a diversionary raid to Hannover, 3 each to Duisburg and Osnabrück, 35 Halifaxes and 8 Stirlings lay mines off Brest and in the Kattegat, 26 aircraft are involved in Resistance operations, and there are 7 Serrate patrols, 7 RCM Sorties and 8 OTU sorties.

Air Operations, Japan

1 of 3 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s sent is able to reach the Kurile Islands, where it reconnoiters and bombs Matusuwa Island.

Air Operations, New Guinea

• More than 50 V Bomber Command B-24s and 12 B-25s attack barges, antiaircraft batteries, and other targets around Hansa Bay. More than 80 V Bomber Command B-25s and A-20s, and more than 30 V Fighter Command P-47s and P-40s attack targets around Hollandia. 12 B-25s attack Karkar Island.
• A 49th Fighter Group P-40 downs a Ki-61 'Tony' fighter over Wewak at 1050 hours.
• A small Japanese Army fighter force stages into Wewak, where 1 Ki-61 'Tony' fighter and 1 P-47 are shot down.

Eastern Front

In the Crimea the Russians make good progress capturing Dzhankoy and, in a new series of attacks in the east by Yeremenko's troops, Kerch is also taken.

The XLVIII Panzer Corps launches another relief attack toward Tarnopol but becomes bogged down in heavy fighting at Kozlov.

In the Crimea the 51st Army smashes its way through the rearguards of the XLIX Mountain Corps. The Germans immediately fall back in the direction of Sevastopol but suffer heavy casualties. Dzhankoy falls.

Pacific

The Japanese destroyer Akigumo is sunk by the US submarine Redfin (SS-272) in the Celebes Sea.

Images from April 11, 1944

Capt. William S Easterly, 357th Fighter Squadron. P-51B 43-12416 OS-J 'Brenda'. Seen here following a belly-landing at Horham on 11 April 1944 due to engine failure. Pilot was Lt. Charles J Salinski.

P-51B in a Belly-Landing

Lieutenant Michael’s Douglas-built B-17G-20-DL 42-37931, 'Bertie Lee', at RAF Grimsby, 11 April 1944. (U.S. Air Force)

Three New Zealanders in the Forward Areas of the Italian Front, 11 April 1944

A Picture of Sandkaulstrasse, Aachen, after the 11 April 1944 Raid

Infantrymen of the Waffen-SS Marching through the Ruins of the Destroyed City of Narva, 11 April 1944

New Guinea. 11 April 1944. Leading Aircraftman 'Snowy' Burnett of Sydney, NSW, decorating the coconut palms around the tents in the jungle with a pin-up girl poster.

Decorating with Pin-up Girl Posters

A US soldier holds a 3 foot measuring stick to a 280mm dud that landed on the Anzio beachhead in Italy, 11 April 1944

Measuring a Dud

Australian Pilot Relaxing

New Guinea. 11 April 1944. Pilot Officer 'Scotty' Duguid of Sydney, NSW, (a participant in the September 9th engagement) relaxes with a book in a hammock fully dressed, waiting for an emergency call, within easy reach of his aircraft in case of a 'scramble' order. The Kittyhawk aircraft, named Jen 1, belongs to Squadron Leader Stan Galton (successor to 86 Squadron commander S/Ldr W.J Meehan) of Bankstown, NSW. (AWM)