Ford Willow Run Bomber Plant Built with Taxpayer Funds, Private Profits
Ford Motor Company breaks ground on the Willow Run bomber plant near Ypsilanti, Michigan, on April 17, 1941. The facility, the largest factory under one roof in the world at over 3.5 million square feet, is built entirely with government funds through the Defense Plant Corporation but operated by …
Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford
Charles Sorensen
War Department
Defense Plant Corporation
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