Henry Ford II Driving Tractor Towing Last B-24 Bomber Built at Willow Run Bomber Plant, June 1945
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Ford Motor Company built 8,685 B-24 bomber airplanes at its Willow Run, Michigan, plant during World War II. Workers turned out the last bomber in late June 1945. Henry Ford II attended the ceremony and towed that last bomber from its hangar. Some 42,000 people worked at Willow Run. At peak production, they finished one airplane every 63 minutes.
Ford Motor Company built 8,685 B-24 bomber airplanes at its Willow Run, Michigan, plant during World War II. Workers turned out the last bomber in late June 1945. Henry Ford II attended the ceremony and towed that last bomber from its hangar. Some 42,000 people worked at Willow Run. At peak production, they finished one airplane every 63 minutes.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
28 June 1945
Subject Date
28 June 1945
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.81894.8
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 11 in
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