11 May 1943


- 26 girls were killed in an Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) hostel in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom during a German bombing raid. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal air service, previously operated by the Dutch airline KLM, was taken over by the British airline BOAC using Douglas DC-3 aircraft on the route. ww2dbase [AC]
- US 7th Infantry Division landed on Attu, Aleutian Islands. ww2dbase [Aleutian Islands Campaign | Attu | CPC]
- US B-17 and B-24 bombers attacked Lakunai Airfield and Vunakanau Airfield at Rabaul, New Britain. ww2dbase [Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
- US Army Air Forces 390th Bombardment Squadron of 42nd Bombardment Group, equipped with B-25 medium bombers, was assigned to Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Henderson Field | Lunga Point, Guadalcanal | CPC]
- Katori arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Katori | Truk | CPC]
- Katori arrived Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Katori | Truk | CPC]
- The keel for U-1234 was laid down at Deutsche Werft Hamburg, Germany. ww2dbase [Deutsche Werft Hamburg | U-1234 | Hamburg | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Planes of Air Group 12 on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- Subhash Chandra Bose arrived in Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Subhash Chandra Bose | Tokyo | CPC]
- Nachi departed Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Nachi | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
- USS Permit attacked a Japanese convoy east of the Mariana Islands, sinking two transports with 4 torpedo hits and damaging a third with 1 hit; a total of 6 torpedoes was expended. ww2dbase [Permit | CPC]
- USS Grayback attacked a six-freighter Japanese convoy escorted by three armed vessels after dark in the South Pacific, sinking freighter Yodogawa Maru with 1 of 6 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Grayback | CPC]
- Allied convoy SC 130 (37 ships) departed Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada for Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Black May | Liverpool, England | CPC]
- Winston Churchill arrived in Washington DC, United States for the Trident Conference scheduled to start on the next day. ww2dbase [Trident Conference | Washington | CPC]
- USS Flying Fish arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Flying Fish | Midway | CPC]



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