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Located near Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Willow Run Plant was constructed during World War II by Ford Motor Company for production of the B-24 Liberator aircraft.
Ford Motor Company, like virtually all of the United States' industrial companies, directed its manufacturing output during WWII for Allied war production.
The firm developed the Willow Run site to include an airfield, and aircraft assembly facility. The plant held the distinction at the time of being the world's largest enclosed "room"; at its peak, the plant was able to produce as many as one B-24 aircraft per hour of production.
Willow Run still operates as an airfield today. After the war, ownership of the plant passed to Kaiser Motors and then to Ford rival General Motors, which still owns part of the facility, where manufacturing continues today. The airfield is primarily used for cargo flights, and the privately-run Yankee Air Museum occupies part of the grounds.
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