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,
InjuryBitten several times before being rescued after 43 hours in the sea by the freighter Stell Advocate
VictimRobert C. Hightower, Male
SourceLetter from Captain R. 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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