Willow Run RD009 made the landing more difficult

made the landing more difficult and dangerous

and modern-day Los Angeles

Made from heavyweight cotton canvas

or to make their names as pilots

and no plane is too fast

Willow Run RD009 made the landing more difficultIn May 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called for the production of 50,000 military airplanes. He then drafted the president of General Motors, William Knudsen, to mobilize industry in the United States. The automotive companies were called upon to produce a massive fleet of bombers, as well as tanks, trucks, guns, and engines. By the Willow Run, a sleepy little creek near Ypsilanti, Michigan, Ford Motor Company built the world's most famous