Fortune's Follies

Robert Patrick O'Riley Fortune and the 6th Bombardment Group (VH)

                                                                  Tinian Island, Mariana Islands

                                                                        January - August, 1945

                                                    20th Army Air Force              313th Bomb Wing                 6th Bomb Group                  24th Bomb Squadron

              The Target: Japan                              The Weapon: Fortune's Follies                                The Men: Crew 2408                                       

                                                           The XXI Bombardment Command

The 6th Bombardment Group

Robert P. O'R. Fortune and Crew 2408

Links

6th Bomb Group Website                                                 Last Revision: June 3, 2018

The Race to Build the Atom Bomb (PDF)        Send comments or questions to webmaster @ fortunearchive.com

The Pirate's Cove Website

Army Air Forces Website

USAAF World War II Digest

1946 USAAF Statistical Digest (PDF-14MB)

Video: Coming In on a Wing and a Prayer

Video: 40thBS B-29 R66 Ditching at Iwo, May 26, 1945