Shark attack, 1955-09-23 (Sea Disaster)
Location: Between Wake & Johnston Islands, 1000 miles west of Hawaii, NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
Activity: "Flying Tiger" transport plane went down with 5 men onboard
Victim: Robert C. Hightower (M, age )
Injury: Bitten several times before being rescued after 43 hours in the sea by the freighter Stell Advocate
Fatal: N
Species: Survivors said 2 species of sharks were involved:  oceanic whitetip sharks and another species,
Source: Letter from Captain R. G. Rehrer in letter to G.A. Llano in Sharks and Survival, pp.381-382; V.M. Coppleson (1962), p.257