CSPAN3 History Of Willow Run Bomber Plant November 17, 2013
Known as hangar 1 at willow run airport. Were in bay 8. And if you look out at about a 45degree angle from here, we see the two doors where the bombers would come off the Assembly Line after they were built. Theres a lot of stories that lead up to the building of this factory. With the war in europe turning hot. When the blitzkrieg took place in the low countries, the u. S. Was totally unprepared. So roosevelt went to congress and said the u. S. Must build 50,000 airplanes to protect itself. Then in the fall of 1940, the battle of britain took place. And the bombers were devastating england. A...