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• 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]
• USS Bailey was floated out of drydock at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California as repairs continued dockside. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]
• Cruisers USS Honolulu, USS Nashville, USS Helena, and USS St. Louis with destroyers USS Nicholas, USS O’Bannon, USS Jenkins, USS Taylor, USS Strong, USS Fletcher, and USS Chevalier departed Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides bound for Kolombangara, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Nicholas | Nashville | Walden Ainsworth | St. Louis | Helena (St. Louis-class) | Honolulu | DS]

• US 7th Infantry Division landed on Attu, Aleutian Islands. ww2dbase [Aleutian Islands Campaign | Attu | CPC]
• USS S-41 arrived at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska. ww2dbase [S-41 | Unalaska | CPC]
• Submarines USS Nautilus and USS Narwhal landed men of the US Army 7th Scout Company on the northern coast of Attu Island as the first elements of the landings on Attu. Both submarines then departed Attu bound for Dutch Harbor, Alaska. ww2dbase [Nautilus | Narwhal | Aleutian Islands Campaign | Attu, Aleutian Islands | DS]

• Destroyer USS Saufley departed Sydney, Australia bound for Nouméa, New Caledonia. ww2dbase [Saufley | Sydney | DS]

• 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]

• Comandante Cappellini (Aquilla III) departed Bordeaux, France. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Bordeaux, Aquitaine | CPC]

• The keel for U-1234 was laid down at Deutsche Werft Hamburg, Germany. ww2dbase [U-1234 | Deutsche Werft Hamburg | 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]
• Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Card departed Norfolk, Virginia bound for New York, New York. ww2dbase [Card | Norfolk Navy Yard | Norfolk, Virginia | DS]

• USS Flying Fish arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Flying Fish | Midway Bases | Midway | CPC]
• Submarine USS Saury stopped at Midway to top off her fuel tanks and then continued west toward her assigned patrol area. ww2dbase [Saury | Midway | DS]

11 May 1943 Interactive Map