Date:	Monday 29 January 1940
Time:
Type:	Curtiss A-12 Shrike
Owner/operator:	17th Air Base Sqn USAAC
Registration:	33-216
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	400 yards off Lualualei Beach, Oahu, HI -   United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
On 29 January 1940, the A-12 33-216 of 17th Air Base Squadron, Hickam Field, Oahu, hit water off Puuhulu Point, Oahu and plunged into the ocean off Lualualei Beach. Two boy scouts, Raymond Kane, 16, and Hyel Ching, 17, swam out and rescued the two fliers. Lt William S Hindson, pilot, escaped with injuries to his hand, while his companion, Pvt. James P. Brenman, was only badly bruised. Because of high waves and pounding surf, the rescue took more than one hour despite the fact that the aircraft went down only 400 yards offshore.

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/1940sB4/1940.htm
The Call-Leader from Elwood, Indiana, 5 February 1940 (available online at http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/87948921/)/
The Eagle from Bryan, Texas, 17 February 1940 (available online at http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/43407449/)_/
Boys' Life magazine, March 1996 (picture of Kane, Ching and Brenman page 21)
https://www.to-hawaii.com/oahu/beaches/lualualeibeachpark.php

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
29-Nov-2017 12:18	Laurent Rizzotti	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative]
17-Dec-2018 07:01	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
11-Jul-2023 06:44	Ron Averes	Updated [[Operator, Operator]]