Willow Run WWII B-24 Liberator Production Plant Special Review.

Willow Run: Colossus of American Industry 

Excellent MICHIGAN HISTORICAL REVIEW 

"In sheer magnitude and complexity, the production of the B-24 Liberator bomber at Willow Run represents the greatest mass production achievement of the industrial age, in war or peace (Michigan Historical Review 22:2) Mr. Kidder's description of this achievement makes this book an indispensable addition to the modest shelf of studies of the deserving legend of Willow Run." 

The book Willow Run - Colossus Of American Industry is dedicated to preserving its unparalleled historical significance during World War II. 

After Pearl Harbor, Willow Run and Henry Ford became a rallying point of hope against the Japanese. The Detroit Free Press declared Willow Run to be "America's promise of revenge for Pearl Harbor." 

Willow Run takes the reader from the first pioneers of Michigan, and Henry Ford's soybean fields through the construction of the largest industrial factory in the world with men like Charles Lindbergh, Albert Kahn, Charles Sorensen, and Henry Ford himself. 

It Details the incredible construction of the airport and factory; the station-by-station building of the giant four engine bomber every 59 minutes, the training of tens of thousands of unskilled workers, and the delays caused by massive engineering changes. The 361 pgs. of hardcover contains the only known daily record of Willow Run's first five years, over 110 photographs, and 98 pages of information never before made available to the general public. 

* less American History written by the last person to have lived on Willow Run, and Henry Ford's great grandson, Edsel B. Ford II has given the book its cover accolade.