Date1942
TypeSea Disaster
CountrySOUTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN
ActivityDitched plane in the sea & were adrift on a rubber life raft.
SpeciesSaid to be “leopard sharks”, more probably tiger sharks
InjuryNo injury to occupants, They fought off sharks & killed one with an automatic. Rescued 34 days later
VictimAmerican aviators, Male
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1962), p.258
Shark Data Lab