Date04-Jul-1958
TypeSea Disaster
CountryPACIFIC OCEAN
Location600 miles northwest of Honolulu
ActivityU.S. Airforce C124 enroute from Hickham Air Base to Japan went down. The 3 survivors fashioned raft from mailbags & were rescued 3 days after the crash.
SpeciesSharks averaged 1.8 m [6'] in length
InjuryLeft shoulder bitten
VictimCaptain Jonathan Brown, pilot, Male, 31 years old
Time10h25
SourceEvening Star (Washington D.C.), 7/7/1958, p. A10; G.A. Llano in Sharks and Survival, pp.382-383; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.259
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