B-24 Liberator Assembly Line at Ford Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1944
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During World War II, Ford built 8,685 B-24 Liberator bombers at Willow Run. The airplanes were assembled on a series of parallel moving assembly lines. Near the end of the process, planes from two lines were turned 90 degrees on turntables and merged into a single final line -- to accommodate the corner in Willow Run's L-shaped factory building.
During World War II, Ford built 8,685 B-24 Liberator bombers at Willow Run. The airplanes were assembled on a series of parallel moving assembly lines. Near the end of the process, planes from two lines were turned 90 degrees on turntables and merged into a single final line -- to accommodate the corner in Willow Run's L-shaped factory building.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
10 October 1944
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Charter Township of Ypsilanti
Ford Motor Company. Airplane Division
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.80716
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
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