DateJun-1941
TypeSea Disaster
CountryPACIFIC OCEAN
LocationBetween Esmeraldas & Salinas
ActivityDitched aircraft, 3 men in the water. Swam for 31 hours
Injury1 man survived & was rescued, sharks took the corpses of the two men that perished
VictimColonel B. & Sub-Lieutenant D., Male
Time17h30
SourceG.A. Llano in Airmen Against the Sea, pp.67-68; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.257; A. Sharpe, pp.43-44; SAF Case #740
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