October 11th, 1945 (THURSDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: USAAF 78th Fighter Group leaves its base at Duxford airfield, Cambridgeshire. The personnel will today leave Southampton aboard the Queen Mary for the five day voyage to New York City.
Destroyer HMS Solebay is commissioned.
Frigate HMS Tremadoc Bay is commissioned.
COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES: The US 86th Infantry Division concludes its search having netted 16 Japanese and two bodies of Filipino scouts. (Drew Philip Halévy)
U.S.A.: The designation of the 3.5 inch rocket launcher, commonly known as the 'Bazooka', is standardised as "rocket launcher, 3.5-inch, M20". (176)(Mike Yared)
Destroyer USS John W. Thomason is commissioned.