Draftsmen Working in the Lofting Division for B-24 Assembly, Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1942
THF97651 / Draftsmen Working in the Lofting Division for B-24 Assembly, Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1942
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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
06 October 1942
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.435.P.189.17502
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: 6.625 in
Width: 9 in
Inscriptions
Text under image on page 48 in Willow Run Bomber Plant Record of War Effort Vol. 2:
Lofting Divisions in Willow Run Engineering Department, showing white flat tables containing full size layouts of fuselage and main wing structures.
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