Date17-May-1943
TypeSea Disaster
CountryCENTRAL PACIFIC
Location68 miles east of Wallis Island
ActivityS2N Navy scout plane went down, E.H. Almond & Lieut A.G. Reading in water
InjuryJaw dislocated & contusions from many blows on legs & body by shark fins, rescued after 14 hours
VictimArthur George Reading, Naval aviator, Male, 26 years old
SourceW.L. Jones; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.217; G.A. Llano in Airmen Against the Sea, p.67
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