6,000th B-24 Bomber at Ford Motor Company Willow Run Plant, September 9, 1944
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Mass producing B-24 bombers during World War II was no easy feat -- not even for the company that invented modern mass production. But Ford Motor Company was building one airplane every 63 minutes at its Willow Run plant by March 1944. Ford produced its 6,000th B-24 that September. Another 2,685 were built before production ended in May 1945.
Mass producing B-24 bombers during World War II was no easy feat -- not even for the company that invented modern mass production. But Ford Motor Company was building one airplane every 63 minutes at its Willow Run plant by March 1944. Ford produced its 6,000th B-24 that September. Another 2,685 were built before production ended in May 1945.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
09 September 1944
Subject Date
09 September 1944
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Charter Township of Ypsilanti
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.80544.4
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: 10.875 in
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