About the Airplane
- The Missing Air Crew Reports No.
- 3974
- The type of the plane.
- B-24H
- The plane ID.
- 42-52366
- The name of the plane.
- Spirit of Hollywood
- The squadron the bomber belongs to.
- 766th Bomb Squadron
- The date of the bomber's crash.
- 1944-04-13
- The reason for the bomber's crash.
- Flak
- The place the bomber targeted.
- Budapest
- The place where the bomber crashed.
- Budapest Umgebung
- Coordinates of the site the bomber was last seen at.
- The city or village the bomber was last seen at.
- Budapest
- The country or county the bomber was last seen at.
- Time of the day the bomber was last seen at.
- 12:56
- Time of the crash.
- Comments.
Map of related places
The Crew
| Name | Rank | Function | Destiny |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauman, Charles W. | 1st Lt | Pilot | 0 |
| Brindle, Alfred G. | T/Sgt | Gunner 2 | 0 |
| Bross, Edward C. | S/Sgt | Gunner 5 | 0 |
| Brzezinski, Edmund J. | Sgt | Gunner 6 | 0 |
| Gombossy, Raymond V. | 1st Lt | Gunner 1 | 0 |
| Riker, David N. | 2nd Lt | Co-Pilot | 0 |
| Ritacco, Frank E. | 2nd Lt | Navigator | 0 |
| Velarde, Leopoldo | S/Sgt | Gunner 4 | 0 |
| Ventresca, Michael | T/Sgt | Gunner 3 | 0 |
| Zabriskie, Edward F. | 2nd Lt | Bombardier | 0 |
How to cite
DAACDA – Downed Allied Air Crew Database Austria, edited by Nicole-Melanie Goll, Georg Hoffmann and Peter Andorfer, Vienna 2025 (https://daacda.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/a-00133.html)