6,000th B-24 Bomber at Ford Motor Company Willow Run Plant, September 9, 1944
THF134045 / 6,000th B-24 Bomber at Ford Motor Company Willow Run Plant, September 9, 1944
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Artifact Overview
Mass producing B-24 bombers during World War II was no easy feat -- not even for the company that invented modern mass production. But Ford Motor Company was building one airplane every 63 minutes at its Willow Run plant by March 1944. Ford produced its 6,000th B-24 that September. Another 2,685 were built before production ended in May 1945.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
09 September 1944
Subject Date
09 September 1944
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.80544.4
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: 10.875 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.