Willow Run Bomber Plant Manual, 1943-1944
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Ford Motor Company built everything from jeeps to generators during World War II, but nothing captured the public's imagination like Ford's B-24 bomber plant at Willow Run, where one new airplane was completed every 63 minutes. This manual documents the carefully planned assembly process that allowed complex bombers to be built using the same mass production techniques Ford pioneered for its automobiles.
Ford Motor Company built everything from jeeps to generators during World War II, but nothing captured the public's imagination like Ford's B-24 bomber plant at Willow Run, where one new airplane was completed every 63 minutes. This manual documents the carefully planned assembly process that allowed complex bombers to be built using the same mass production techniques Ford pioneered for its automobiles.
Artifact
Manual (Instructional material)
Date Made
1943-1944
Subject Date
1943-1944
Creators
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Charter Township of Ypsilanti
United States, Michigan, Charter Township of Van Buren
Manuals (Instructional materials)
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2016.90.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Jon Gray Noll.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Typewriting
Handwriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
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