Aerial View of Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan, October 16, 1943
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Ford Motor Company's Willow Run plant manufactured B-24 Liberator bomber airplanes during World War II. The complex consisted of several factory buildings (including a main assembly building more than a mile long), classrooms, a hospital, and worker housing. An adjacent airport, with six runways and three hangars, allowed finished airplanes to leave the plant under their own power.
Ford Motor Company's Willow Run plant manufactured B-24 Liberator bomber airplanes during World War II. The complex consisted of several factory buildings (including a main assembly building more than a mile long), classrooms, a hospital, and worker housing. An adjacent airport, with six runways and three hangars, allowed finished airplanes to leave the plant under their own power.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
16 October 1943
Subject Date
16 October 1943
Creators
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.2566
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
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