Aerial View of the Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Plant, September 1945
THF91648 / Aerial View of the Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Plant, September 1945
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company's Willow Run plant manufactured B-24 Liberator bomber airplanes during World War II. The complex consisted of several factory buildings (including a main assembly building more than a mile long), classrooms, a hospital, and worker housing. An adjacent airport, with six runways and three hangars, allowed finished airplanes to leave the plant under their own power.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
01 September 1945
Subject Date
September 1945
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.82126
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: 11 in
Inscriptions
typed on back:
Willow Run Airviews / 44
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Every American automaker turned its workforce and facilities to military production during World War II. But no project captured the public's imagination like Willow Run, where Ford Motor Company built one B-24 Liberator airplane every 63 minutes. The plant was the embodiment of America's "Arsenal of Democracy" -- the enormous manufacturing capacity so vital to the Allies' victory.