Air Operations, CBI

• 4 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s and 29 14th Air Force fighter-bombers attack various targets.

Air Operations, East Indies

• Supplementing Royal Australian Air Force efforts, FEAF B-24s attack various targets on Borneo.
• 42d Medium Bomb Group B-25s provide on-call support for Australian Army forces in the Brunei Bay area.

Air Operations, Japan

• VII Fighter Group P-51s attack the Tokorozawa airfield on Honshu.
• 8 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s attack the Kataoka and Kurabu Cape areas with the aid of radar.
• 318th Fighter Group P-47s down 4 A6M Zeros over the Kushira airfield between 0845 and 0900 hours.
• A 21st Fighter Group P-51 downs a Ki-45 'Nick' fighter near the Tokorozawa airfield on Honshu at 1315 hours.
• During the night 26 505th Very Heavy Bomb Group B-29s sow mines in Shimonoseki Strait and Tsuruga Bay.

Air Operations, Philippines

V Bomber Command B-25s and A-20s, and V Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack various targets and support US 6th Army ground forces on Luzon.

Air Operations, Ryukyus

• US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft support US 10th Army ground forces on Okinawa and attack airfields in the Sakishima Islands.
• A VMSB-131 SBD on anti-submarine patrol downs a D3A 'Val' dive bomber at sea at 0742 hours.
• A VMF-314 F4U downs a Ki-61 'Tony' fighter near Yoron Shima at 0745 hours.
• VMF-311 F4Us down 2 Ki-46 'Dinah' reconnaissance planes near Okinawa between 1900 and 1905 hours.
• A 318th Fighter Group P-47 downs a Ki-43 'Oscar' fighter north of Okinawa at 1940 hours.
• A large US support landing craft on radar picket duty is moderately damaged by a kamikaze that kills 11 and wounds 1.

Okinawa

In the Oroku peninsula the Japanese are penned into a pocket about a thousand yards deep, but they put up a fanatical resistance. The 1st Marine Div fails to take Kunishi Ridge by assault. In the XXIV Corps sector, 1 regiment of the 96th Div reaches the town of Yuza, but is driven out again by the violent Japanese fire. The aritllery brings down fire on the Japanese cave positions on Mount Yaeju, east of which the Americans manage to take an important height.

US ships damaged in the day's action include the light cruiser Vicksburg (CL-86) in a collision and the landing ship dock Lindenwald (LSD-6) by accidental friendly fire.

Pacific

• The Japanese submarine chaser CHA-237 is sunk by US naval land based aircraft in the Sea of Japan.
• The US submarine Bowfin (SS-287) sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship No.3 Shinyo Maru (1898t) off Genzan, Korea.
• The US submarine Crevalle (SS-291) sinks the Japanese gunboat No.5 Hakusan Maru (2211t) off Henashi Zaki, Honshu.
• The US submarine Flying Fish (SS-229) sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Meisei Maru (1893t) near Rashin, Korea.
• The US submarine Sea Dog (SS-401) sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Kofuku Maru (753t) in the Sea of Japan.
• The US submarine Segundo (SS-398) sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship No.2 Fukui Maru (1578t) in the Yellow Sea off the Shantung Peninsula.
• The US submarine Tirante (SS-420) sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Hakuju Maru (2220t) at Ha Jima, Kyushu.

Philippines

On Luzon, there is fighting at Orioung Pass, where the Japanese are still holding up the US 37th Division.

Images from June 11, 1945

Australian Soldiers Moving from Brooketon to Brunei

Damaged Storehouses at Victoria Docks

Guiding Amtrac into LST