This is kind of a three-way tip of the hat to:
- Morlock Publishing, continuing yesterday’s theme.
- Borepatch and ASM826, because this is related to some things they’ve been posting
- and RoadRich, because planes. Also, tonight is “12 O’Clock High” night.
“The Story of Willow Run”, from FoMoCo. Willow Run was where Ford built the B-24. They initially were turning out parts that Consolidated and Douglas put together, but that turned out to be troublesome. In October of 1941 Willow Run got permission to build complete planes, and ran the line until May 1945. At peak, the line was turning out a finished bomber every 55 minutes.
Bonus video: unrelated to the above, but related to something earlier in the week. From 1937: “Boulder Dam”, a film from the US Archives about the construction of the dam that later became known as “Hoover Dam”.