A bomber an hour: The incredible story of Ford’s Willow Run factory

🪖 During WWII, over 90% of Army helmets were manufactured in Detroit. Chrysler’s Warren plant built 25% of all U.S. tanks. Ford’s Willow Run plant completed one B-24 bomber every 63 minutes. And GM produced $12.3 billion in war goods, more than any company in America. Comment “Detroit” if you learned something new! #MichiganHistory #historybuff #wwiihistory #WWII #militaryhistory | Welcome Home History

In 1943, German spies were stunned. They had discovered the impossible: America was building a B-24 Liberator bomber every hour at the Willow Run factory—a 1.5 million-part aircraft that defied Nazi expectations. Story Overview: This is the untold story of Ford’s Willow Run plant, the factory that shocked German intelligence. Agents like Canaris and Oster confirmed the numbers: photographs, reports, and eyewitness accounts all proved America’s industrial might. But Hitler and Göring refused to b