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Willow Run, also known as Air Force Plant 31, was a manufacturing complex in Michigan, United States, located between Ypsilanti Township and Belleville, built by the Ford Motor Company to manufacture aircraft, especially the Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber. [1] Construction of the Willow Run Bomber Plant began in 1940 [2] and was ...
Willow Run Assembly was a General Motors automobile factory near Ypsilanti, Michigan, located at 2625 Tyler Road, in the Willow Run manufacturing complex. Willow Run Assembly consisted of an assembly plant of 2.3 million square feet, another building that was known in later years as "Willow Run Company Vehicle Operations", covering 23,000 ...
The Norwayne Subdivision was begun in 1942 by the National Housing Agency in order to house workers employed at nearby defense industry plants, including the Willow Run Bomber Plant. [2] The Detroit architectural firm of Lyndon and Smith was originally chosen to design the subdivision. However, Maynard Lyndon, one of the firm's principals ...
Willow Run Airport, Ypsilanti, Michigan; Eastern Technical Training Command 484th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron Now: Public Airport (IATA: YIP, ICAO: KYIP) Also home of the Yankee Air Museum. Air Transport Command. Romulus AAF, Detroit; 3d Ferrying Group 345th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron Joint Use USAAF/Civil Airport
At the Ford Willow Run bomber plant riveter Thelma Ross (left) and her partner Ann Sierminski (right) build a B24 bomber in December of 1942. The plant, like hundreds of war factories across the ...
It is the site of Willow Run Airport. In 1943, the federal government constructed a bomber plant, which was operated by Henry Ford during World War II. A community named Willow Village was constructed to house the workers of the facility and their families, and it was also given a post office until the bomber plant closed on June 30, 1945. [7]
2006 USGS photo. Willow Run Airport covers 2,392 acres (968 ha) and has two runways, a continuously staffed FAA control tower, and US Customs operations. [1] It is one of two facilities operated by the Wayne County Airport Authority, the other being Detroit Metropolitan Airport, which replaced Willow Run as the major commercial airport for the region starting in 1958.
Miller had several jobs through the years. He ground grain all over Michigan and worked as a riveter at the Willow Run Bomber Plant. He owned Ida’s Miller Insurance Agency. For 36 years he was a ...