Date23-Sep-1961
TypeUnprovoked
CountryMID ATLANTIC OCEAN
ActivitySurvived US Naval aircraft crash, climbing onboard rescue vessel when he fell back into sea
SpeciesOceanic whitetip shar,; identified by Dr. W.C. Schoeder on photograph & Dr. L.P. L. Schultz on sketch by observer
InjuryLacerations to right shoulder blade & back
VictimPatrick Imhof, Male, 22 years old
Time06h00
SourceE.L.de Wilton; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.246; H.D. Baldridge, p.102
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