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Willow Run

American  

noun

  1. a suburban area west of Detroit, Michigan, near Ypsilanti.


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Few debutantes but many other women powered war production in places such as Ford’s plant in Willow Run, Mich., which eventually assembled a B-24 bomber every hour.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2020

The Willow Run Bomber Plant at peak capacity produced a B-24 Liberator every hour, around the clock.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2019

No members of Michigan’s basketball team were hurt after their plane skidded off the Willow Run Airport runway in Ypsilanti.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2017

The Willow Run test track is supposed to have an engineering center where Mr. Maddox hopes automakers and regulators can work together to develop new test methods.

From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2016

At Willow Run, B-24s roll off the assembly line instead of Ford sedans.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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