Willow Run, Michigan, Images of Aviation, Paperback

Description: Willow Run, Michigan, Images of Aviation, Paperback A pictoral history of Willow Run - a relative unknown location that became the world's most famous bomber factory during World War II.In May 1940, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt called for the production of 50,000 military airplanes. He then drafted the president of General Motors, William Knudsen, to mobilize industry in the United States. The automotive companies were called upon to produce a massive fleet of bombers, as well as tanks, trucks, guns, and engines. By the Willow Run, a sleepy little creek near Ypsilanti, Michigan, Ford Motor Company built the world's most famous bomber factory, which was the ultimate manifestation of the automotive industry's role in building armaments during World War II. By the spring of 1944, Willow Run was producing a four-engine B-24 bomber each hour on an assembly line.

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Location: Columbia, South Carolina

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Brand: Unbranded

MPN: 9781467117296

Book Title: Willow Run

Item Length: 9.2in

Item Height: 0.3in

Item Width: 6.5in

Author: Michael w. R. Davis, Randy Hotton

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Military / World War II, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), Manufacturing, Aeronautics & Astronautics

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Publication Year: 2016

Genre: Technology & Engineering, History

Item Weight: 0.7 Oz

Number of Pages: 128 Pages