Willow Run

Ford's Willow Run Assembly Plant of Aircraft
Coordinates42°14′29″N 83°33′03″W / 42.2414°N 83.5508°W / 42.2414; -83.5508
IndustryAircraft Assembly
ProductsB-24 Liberator aircraft
Employees42,500
Area3.5 million-square-foot
Owner(s)U.S. government

Willow Run, also known as Air Force Plant 31, was a manufacturing complex in Michigan, United States, located between Ypsilanti Township and Belleville, built by the Ford Motor Company to manufacture aircraft, especially the Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber. Construction of the Willow Run Bomber Plant began in 1940 and was completed in 1942.