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Willow Run is a book that was written by my friend Warren Benjamin Kidder about the B-24 Liberator, WW2 Bomber Production Plant and Airport near Detroit Michigan.The following pages tells about this great factory and production plant where the WW2 B-24 Liberator was built which uses many references from this book. This book is about the Willow Run manufacturing plant for the B-24 Liberators in the pastoral countryside east of Ypsilanti, Michigan, near the Village of Denton just outside of Detroit.. Ben Kidder was the last person to live on the Willow Run property before Ford Motor Company built the famous B-24 bomber plant. Ben actually met Henry Ford a couple of times and Mr. Ford knew Ben also. I've read a lot of this book, Willow Run, and it is very surprising that the Ford plant could complete these B-24 Liberators with a new B-24 's coming off of the assembly line every 56 minutes. This book, Willow Run, tells the whole story in great detail. The B-24 Liberator was built by license of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation in San Diego, California. My Aunt was one of the workers at the consolidated Aircraft Company in San Diego building the B-24 Liberators. She was at my house today, here in Macomb. C. Jeff Dyrek. |
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Be sure to read
on and click on the
below
to see some exciting
pictures
of the Willow Run B-24
Manufacturing Plant built by Henry Ford
This is the cover from the Book
"Without Sorensen's Mass Production of the B-24 Bomber
The Air War against Hitler's Third Reich
Would have Been Impossible."
(The Eighth Air Force)
In the following pages you will
see the many photo's and the history of
the
Willow Run B-24 Liberator Manufacturing
Plant
the Willow Run Tour Below
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Willow Run Home Page |
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Or Click Here to see
the Script's Press Release for
"Willow Run
The Eighth Air Force WW2 Movie"
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The following is
an excerpt from a letter from the F.C. "Hap" Chandler Dear Ben: Thank you for taking the time to visit our matchless Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. It was a pleasure to work with you regarding the history and "Time Line" of the Mighty Eighth during World War II. Your book, "Willow Run" Colossus of American Industry is a classic and much needed addition to the history of the Mighty Eighth's activities during World War II. It has been very helpful to our year long study of the accomplishments of the wartime 8th Air Force as, without the production of large numbers of B-24 bombers, the air war against the Third Reich would have been impossible. |
Henry Ford's 80 Acre Factory with a mile
long assembly line.
Employed more than 40,000 people.
Click here for a Satellite Photo of the Willow Run Plant and Airport Today
To
Order
Your Personal Autographed Copy
Send Check or Money Order to:
KFT Publishers,
3617 Christine Dr.
Lansing, MI. 48911
For Information Call: 1-800-754-6830, Access Code 30
Library Hardcover direct from the author.
$39.95 plus $5.00 for Priority Shipment and Taxes
There are less than 500 of these books
available.
Every book will be personally autographed by the author.
Prices may change without notice
At my last check
Prices of this book are selling for $85 to $95 on Amazon.com and about $100 on eBay,
C. Jeff Dyrek.
Here's another Book
Review about a B-24 Pilot in WW2, Jessie Pettey,
One More Mission, A Journey from Childhood to War.
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YellowAirplane Online Museum
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