Henry Ford Watching Grandson Henry Ford II Sign the 5,000th B-24 Bomber, Willow Run Airport, 1944
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Ford Motor Company built 8,685 B-24 bomber airplanes at its Willow Run, Michigan, plant during World War II. Henry Ford and his grandson Henry Ford II attended the ceremony when workers completed the 5,000th bomber in June 1944. The younger Ford succeeded his grandfather as president of Ford Motor Company in September 1945.
Ford Motor Company built 8,685 B-24 bomber airplanes at its Willow Run, Michigan, plant during World War II. Henry Ford and his grandson Henry Ford II attended the ceremony when workers completed the 5,000th bomber in June 1944. The younger Ford succeeded his grandfather as president of Ford Motor Company in September 1945.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
29 June 1944
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Charter Township of Van Buren
United States, Michigan, Charter Township of Ypsilanti
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.80140.1
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: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in