Shark attack, 1943-05-17 (Sea Disaster)
Location: 68 miles east of Wallis Island, , CENTRAL PACIFIC
Activity: S2N Navy scout plane went down, E.H. Almond & Lieut A.G. Reading in water
Victim: Arthur George Reading, Naval aviator (M, age 26)
Injury: Jaw dislocated & contusions from many blows on legs & body by shark fins, rescued after 14 hours
Fatal: N
Source: W.L. Jones; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.217; G.A. Llano in Airmen Against the Sea, p.67