Came in today at noon and there was the Manufacturing History of the US during WW II on TV.... FORD opened a factory in Willow Run, Ypsilanta MIchigan , to build B24 bombers for the US Military.. There were several "builders" of that particular plane.. FORD son EDSEL was the manager of the plant. He changed the procedure to assemble B24 to an "assembly line" type like the automotives had been done... FORD ended up building a bomber every 1 hour toward the end of the war.. Picture showed over 30 planes in the assembly area at one time.. Guess they built about 9,000 of the 18,000 total B24 bombers over a 3-4 year period. He hired a lot of women ( about 50%) and the repeating work of the assembly line was perfect for someone with less mechanical ability.
Very Interesting.......... after the war FORD sold the plant to Keiser / Jeep who used it for 30 years... Then they sold it to GM to build their 4 speed Auto Transmissions... Plant finally closed about 2014.
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