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June 11

• 1943 - the Italian garrison on Pantellaria surrenders after taking heavy bombing, the first ground captured by air power alone.

• 1929 - At the Wasserkuppe, Alexander Lippisch's Ente becomes the first aircraft to fly under rocket power.

• 1897 - Salomon Andrée, N. Strindberg and K. Fraenkel attempt an Arctic expedition to the North Pole by free balloon from Spitzbergen. He and two companions crash within three days but manage to survive for several months in the pack ice. Their remains are discovered in 1930 on White Island. It was possible to develop the located film material.