General "Hap" Arnold and Henry Ford at the Willow Run Bomber Plant, 1944
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Artifact Overview
General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, visited Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant in July 1944. Some 42,000 people worked at Willow Run over the course of the war and turned out a total of 8,685 B-24 bombers. At peak production, the factory's workforce completed one bomber every 63 minutes.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
13 July 1944
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.80306.4
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: 10 in
Width: 8.25 in
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