Willow Run Bomber Plant Manual, 1943-1944

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Manual (Instructional material)

Date Made

1943-1944

Subject Date

1943-1944

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)

Dimensions

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Willow Run Bomber Plant Manual, 1943-1944