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.
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BURMA- 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
RAF BOMBER COMMANDEvening Ops:
- 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.
GERMANY:
- A total of 311 1st Bomb Division B-17s attack the Cottbus and Sorau Airdromes and several targets of opportunity.
- 19 B-17s are lost
- 243 2nd Bomb Division B-24s attack aircraft-industry targets at Bernburg, Halberstadt, and Oschersleben, plus several targets of opportunity.
- 12 B-24s are lost
- 274 3rd Bomb Division B-17s attack Politz, Rostock, an aircraft factory at Arnimswalde, and several targets of opportunity through heavy fighter opposition.
- 33 B-17s are lost, including 11 that eventually turn up following landings in Sweden due to battle damage.
- Escort for the various bombing missions is provided by 819 USAAF fighters. A total of 52 Luftwaffe aircraft, mainly fighters, are downed by USAAF fighter pilots over Germany between 1045 and 1530 hours. The USAAF fighters also claim 65 Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed on the ground.
- 16 fighters are lost with their pilots
BELGIUM:
- 229 IX Bomber Command B-26s and A-20s attack the Charleroi/Montignies and Chievres Airdromes and coastal military installations.
- More than 90 9th Air Force P-47s dive-bomb the Gael Airdrome and nearby military installations.
- 12th Air Force B-25s attack a rail bridge.
- 12th Air Force B-26s attack marshalling yards at Ancona and Siena.
- XII Air Support Command fighter-bombers attack numerous rail targets northeast of Rme, the town of Gaeta, and several supply dumps.
- 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.
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ITALY:
| ]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
| ]Baltic Sea
U-108 is sunk while alongside at Stettin in a bombing raid.
| Class | Type IXB |
| CO | Oberleutnant zur See Matthias Brünig |
| Location | Baltic, Stettin (Szcecin) |
| Cause | Air attack |
| Casualties | Unknown |
| Survivors | Unknown |
| ]CBI
The XX Bomber Command receives the headquarters, 444th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy), and 676th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy) at Charra, India, with B-29 Superfortresses. Te 25th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy), 40th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy), arrives at Chakulia, India with B-29 Superfortresses. The squadrons' first missions are scheduled for early June.
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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.
SOUTHERN SECTORThe 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 at the eastern entrance to the Basilan Strait.
[ | ]Southwest Pacific
Gen George C. Kenney, commanding general of Allied Air Force, SWPA, creates the 13th Air Task Force (Provisiional) from elements of the 13th Air Force and other units.
[ | ]Images from April 11, 1944
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