Date23-Sep-1955
TypeSea Disaster
CountryNORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
LocationBetween Wake & Johnston Islands
Activity"Flying Tiger" transport plane went down with 5 men onboard
SpeciesSurvivors said 2 species of sharks were involved: oceanic whitetip sharks and another species
InjuryFATAL
VictimR.C. Olsen, Male
SourceLetter from Captain Raoul G. Rehrer in letter to G.A. Llano in Sharks and Survival, pp.381-382; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.257
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