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- Nurse Assisting Man with Denitrogenation for Altitude Flying, Willow Run Bomber Plant, October 1943 - Pilots, doctors and nurses conducted high-altitude flight experiments at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant during World War II. Using a special chamber, staff simulated the low-oxygen, low-temperature conditions of flights up to 60,000 feet. Military officials believed that high-altitude bombing might allow Allied planes to attack enemy targets while flying safely out of range of anti-aircraft guns.
- October 25, 1943
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Nurse Assisting Man with Denitrogenation for Altitude Flying, Willow Run Bomber Plant, October 1943
Pilots, doctors and nurses conducted high-altitude flight experiments at Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant during World War II. Using a special chamber, staff simulated the low-oxygen, low-temperature conditions of flights up to 60,000 feet. Military officials believed that high-altitude bombing might allow Allied planes to attack enemy targets while flying safely out of range of anti-aircraft guns.
- Mrs. Anderson Working at the Willow Run Bomber Plant, February 1943 - As a part of the automaker's efforts to promote its war work at the Willow Run bomber plant, a Ford Motor Company photographer followed Isabelle Anderson through one of her workdays at home and at the factory. Mrs. Anderson was one of 42,000 workers -- and 15,000 women -- who built 8,685 B-24 Liberator airplanes at Willow Run during World War II.
- February 05, 1943
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Mrs. Anderson Working at the Willow Run Bomber Plant, February 1943
As a part of the automaker's efforts to promote its war work at the Willow Run bomber plant, a Ford Motor Company photographer followed Isabelle Anderson through one of her workdays at home and at the factory. Mrs. Anderson was one of 42,000 workers -- and 15,000 women -- who built 8,685 B-24 Liberator airplanes at Willow Run during World War II.
- Mrs. Anderson on Her Way to Work at Willow Run Bomber Plant, February 1943 - As a part of the automaker's efforts to promote its war work at the Willow Run bomber plant, a Ford Motor Company photographer followed Isabelle Anderson through one of her workdays at home and at the factory. Mrs. Anderson was one of 42,000 workers -- and 15,000 women -- who built 8,685 B-24 Liberator airplanes at Willow Run during World War II.
- February 05, 1943
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Mrs. Anderson on Her Way to Work at Willow Run Bomber Plant, February 1943
As a part of the automaker's efforts to promote its war work at the Willow Run bomber plant, a Ford Motor Company photographer followed Isabelle Anderson through one of her workdays at home and at the factory. Mrs. Anderson was one of 42,000 workers -- and 15,000 women -- who built 8,685 B-24 Liberator airplanes at Willow Run during World War II.
- Mrs. Anderson Boarding Bus to Her Job at Willow Run Bomber Plant, February 1943 - As a part of the automaker's efforts to promote its war work at the Willow Run bomber plant, a Ford Motor Company photographer followed Isabelle Anderson through one of her workdays at home and at the factory. Mrs. Anderson was one of 42,000 workers -- and 15,000 women -- who built 8,685 B-24 Liberator airplanes at Willow Run during World War II.
- February 05, 1943
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Mrs. Anderson Boarding Bus to Her Job at Willow Run Bomber Plant, February 1943
As a part of the automaker's efforts to promote its war work at the Willow Run bomber plant, a Ford Motor Company photographer followed Isabelle Anderson through one of her workdays at home and at the factory. Mrs. Anderson was one of 42,000 workers -- and 15,000 women -- who built 8,685 B-24 Liberator airplanes at Willow Run during World War II.
- Women Riding a Bus to Work at Willow Run Bomber Plant, February 1943 - Getting workers to and from Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant, 35 miles west of Detroit, was a significant challenge -- especially when wartime gas and tire rationing discouraged commuting by car. Buses offered a practical solution. Public bus lines operated 35 daily trips to the plant from Detroit, while private carriers operated another 130.
- February 05, 1943
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Women Riding a Bus to Work at Willow Run Bomber Plant, February 1943
Getting workers to and from Ford Motor Company's Willow Run bomber plant, 35 miles west of Detroit, was a significant challenge -- especially when wartime gas and tire rationing discouraged commuting by car. Buses offered a practical solution. Public bus lines operated 35 daily trips to the plant from Detroit, while private carriers operated another 130.
- Pennant, "Willow Grove Park," 1940-1965 -
- 1940-1965
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Pennant, "Willow Grove Park," 1940-1965
- Mrs. Anderson, a Willow Run Bomber Plant Employee, at Home with Her Husband and Child, February 1943 - As a part of the automaker's efforts to promote its war work at the Willow Run bomber plant, a Ford Motor Company photographer followed Isabelle Anderson through one of her workdays at home and at the factory. Mrs. Anderson was one of 42,000 workers -- and 15,000 women -- who built 8,685 B-24 Liberator airplanes at Willow Run during World War II.
- February 05, 1943
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Mrs. Anderson, a Willow Run Bomber Plant Employee, at Home with Her Husband and Child, February 1943
As a part of the automaker's efforts to promote its war work at the Willow Run bomber plant, a Ford Motor Company photographer followed Isabelle Anderson through one of her workdays at home and at the factory. Mrs. Anderson was one of 42,000 workers -- and 15,000 women -- who built 8,685 B-24 Liberator airplanes at Willow Run during World War II.
- Plexiglas and Plastic Models Used at the Willow Run Bomber Plant, February 1944 - The American automobile industry's greatest contribution to the World War II effort, apart from the sheer scale of its work, was its technical expertise in quantity manufacturing. Automakers refined the smallest details in an item to increase the speed with which it could be made. That knowledge was reflected in everything auto companies produced during the war, from helmets to helicopters.
- February 03, 1944
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Plexiglas and Plastic Models Used at the Willow Run Bomber Plant, February 1944
The American automobile industry's greatest contribution to the World War II effort, apart from the sheer scale of its work, was its technical expertise in quantity manufacturing. Automakers refined the smallest details in an item to increase the speed with which it could be made. That knowledge was reflected in everything auto companies produced during the war, from helmets to helicopters.
- Willow Run Ford Village Industry Plant, July 1945 - In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford located small hydroelectrically powered factories throughout rural southeast Michigan. Built in 1939, the Willow Run plant differed from other "Village Industries." Instead of local residents, boys from Ford's nearby Camp Willow Run -- which provided income and life-skills training for underprivileged teenagers -- worked here, supplying door and ignition locks and keys for Ford's passenger cars.
- July 11, 1945
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Willow Run Ford Village Industry Plant, July 1945
In the 1920s and '30s, Henry Ford located small hydroelectrically powered factories throughout rural southeast Michigan. Built in 1939, the Willow Run plant differed from other "Village Industries." Instead of local residents, boys from Ford's nearby Camp Willow Run -- which provided income and life-skills training for underprivileged teenagers -- worked here, supplying door and ignition locks and keys for Ford's passenger cars.
- 6,000th B-24 Bomber at Ford Motor Company Willow Run Plant, September 9, 1944 - 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.
- September 09, 1944
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6,000th B-24 Bomber at Ford Motor Company Willow Run Plant, September 9, 1944
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.