B-24 Bombers on Assembly Line at Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Plant, January 1943
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Artifact Overview
At Willow Run, Ford Motor Company built B-24 bomber planes for World War II using automobile mass production techniques. Airplanes were much more complex than cars. They required constant design changes poorly suited to a standardized assembly line. Ford overcame these difficulties and, at the plant's peak, Willow Run crews produced an average of one bomber every 63 minutes.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
13 January 1943
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.77362.4
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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