Shark Attack Database

A comprehensive collection of shark attack incidents worldwide.

Non-fatal Attack

1944 Aircraft went down on 6/12/1944. He survived on raft for 11 days and was 150 miles off Guam when rescued, NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

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📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

1944

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Aircraft went down on 6/12/1944. He survived on raft for 11 days and was 150 miles off Guam when rescued, NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

🌍 NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

🏊 Activity

Unknown

⚕️ Outcome

Other

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Other

🩹 Injury Details

When picked up by the USS Boyd DD 44 on 6/23/1944 his raft was "surrounded by sharks"

🦈 Species Information

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Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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