News

As a September demolition date looms for the former Willow Run Powertrain facility in Ypsilanti Township, fundraising efforts to save a portion of the attached Willow Run bomber plant are about $4 ...
When Willow Run bomber plant worker Mae Perry, 88, of Taylor, Mich., worked at the plant, it was "spotless," she said, peering up at the factory's darkened ceiling. "It had to be." ...
Willow Run in Belleville Michigan near Ypsilanti was a manufacturing complex built for one purpose -- to win the war. It's in danger of being torn down. Learn more about the plant and how you can ...
She isn't THE Rosie, but she worked as a riveter at the Willow Run bomber plant in Michigan alongside Rose Will Monroe, the inspiration for a character that came to symbolize female empowerment ...
The former Willow Run GM Powertrain plant will open to the public for a tour Saturday before it is demolished, the Detroit Free Press reported. The event will give visitors a historical look at ...
Saving the Willow Run Bomber PlantDPTV documents the work to save the factory that was part of the massive Willow Run complex in Ypsilanti that turned out a B-24 bomber every hour in WWII ...
Loraine Osborne, a former "Rosie the Riveter" who worked at the Willow Run bomber plant, holds up her old Ford Motor Co. identification card at the plant in Ypsilanti Township, Mich.
The Ford's Willow Run Bomber Plant will be the subject of a talk by Matt Anderson, the curator of transportation at The Henry Ford Museum, on Nov. 10, 2021, at the Studebaker National Museum.
Today, the museum’s luck is turning around. It has acquired a 144,000-square-foot chunk of the former Willow Run Bomber Plant, a WWII-era facility that produced 8,685 B-24 Liberator bombers ...
The Willow Run Bomber plant recently marked a milestone in its rebirth. The historic plant is undergoing a radical transformation.
DETROIT -- The public will get the chance to visit the former Willow Run bomber plant in Ypsilanti Township, Mich., one last time Saturday before the factory is demolished. A tour of the historic ...