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Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Checking almost-completed wing structure with blueprints, engineers at the great Willow Run bomber plant determine next steps to be taken before the wings leave the assembly line. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Checking almost-completed wing structure with blueprints, engineers at the great Willow Run bomber plant determine next steps to be taken before the wings leave the assembly line. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Checking almost-completed wing structure with blueprints, engineers at the great Willow Run bomber plant determine next steps to be taken before the wings leave the assembly line. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. A small part of the world's largest one-story war production plant, the giant bomber factory at Willow Run, Michigan. Fixtures in background hold bomber wings during assembly. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. The outer wing panel of a bomber undergoes assembly in the giant Willow Run plant. When finished, this section will be removed and cranes will install another section in the fixture. Ford plant, Willow Run

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Production. Willow Run bomber plant. The outer wing panel of a bomber undergoes assembly in the giant Willow Run plant. When finished, this section will be removed and cranes will install another section in the fixture. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. A small part of the world's largest one-story war production plant, the giant bomber factory at Willow Run, Michigan. Fixtures in background hold bomber wings during assembly. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. The outer wing panel of a bomber undergoes assembly in the giant Willow Run plant. When finished, this section will be removed and cranes will install another section in the fixture. Ford plant, Willow Run

Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Checking almost-completed wing structure with blueprints, engineers at the great Willow Run bomber plant determine next steps to be taken before the wings leave the assembly line. Ford plant, Willow Run

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01/01/1942
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