B-24 Bomber in Flight, Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1944
THF93250 / B-24 Bomber in Flight, Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1944
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Artifact Overview
During World War II, Ford Motor Company built 8,685 B-24 Liberator bomber airplanes at its Willow Run plant. Most of them were complete airplanes flown away for delivery directly from the plant's on-site airport. The remaining bombers were shipped out by truck as "knock-down kits" for final assembly at Douglas Aircraft's plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma, or Consolidated Aircraft's plant in Fort Worth, Texas.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
12 October 1944
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.80671
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: 10 in
Width: 8.25 in
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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.