Saving The Willow Run Bomber Plant Presentation Video
Listen and watch as Dennis Norton tells the fascinating story of how the Yankee Air Museum acquired a portion of the historic Willow Run Bomber Plant, and learn about the history of the portion of the...
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Willow Run Bomber Plant Construction Update March 2016
We saved a 144,000 sq. ft. portion of the historic Willow Run Bomber Plant from demolition in 2014. But there is still a long way to go to turn our piece of the Plant into a Museum. March, 2016 marks...
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Willow Run’s Own ‘Amelia Earhart’
Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart in 1928. Before Rosie the Riveter, women were inspired by celebrated female pilot Amelia Earhart. Amelia Earhart was a pioneering aviatrix known as the first female...
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Introducing Our Rosie the Riveter Drill Team
Yankee Air Museum and Save The Bomber Plant’s “Willow Run Rosies” lunchbox drill team In precision formation, with lunchboxes at the ready, our Willow Run Rosie the Riveter lunchbox drill team is a...
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Willow Run Bomber Plant Construction Update November 2016
Thank you for your ongoing support, which has made great progress possible! But your help is still needed to turn historic Willow Run into a museum… We’ve Been Working On: Important Planning Work… In...
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Yankee Air Museum/Willow Run Bomber Plant Welcomes New Neighbors: The...
With great pleasure, we extend a big welcome to our new neighbors at the Bomber Plant Property! Ground has been broken for a new connected vehicle testing center right next door to us at Willow Run. On...
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Willow Run Memories — February 2017
Recent submissions to Willow Run Memories Project tell the stories of a “Rosie the Riveter” who helped make the legendary top-secret Norden Bombsights on Willow Run’s B-24 Liberator bombers, local...
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Two Ton Tessie: The Story of a Willow Run B-24 Bomber
Celebrities at Willow Run – Gloria Swanson was the ultimate Hollywood star. Beautiful and talented, she was a household name during the silent film era. When she visited the Willow Run Bomber Plant in...
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Announcing The Big Dig at Historic Willow Run
We are proud to announce the “Big Dig” at historic Willow Run! When we saved a portion of the World War II-era Willow Run Bomber Plant from demolition, our work had only just begun. When the main...
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Willow Run Memories – August 2017
Recent submissions to Willow Run Memories Project include a beautiful and touching vignette of a very young girl watching her big brother fly off to war in a B-24 bomber, the stories of a variety of...
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Our Biggest Issue of ‘Approaches’ Yet!
The Yankee Air Museums biannual publication, Approaches magazine, is hot off the presses, and this is the biggest issue yet! Approaches spotlights new exhibits and initiatives of the Yankee Air Museum,...
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The Big Dig – Construction Dollars and Pro-bono Services Needed!
“The Big Dig” at Willow Run continues! This major infrastructure project is the first step to restoring full utility services to the building. When the main portion of the original facility was...
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Willow Run Memories – October 2017
Recent submissions to Willow Run Memories Project document the enormous contributions that women workers made to the war effort during World War II. Collectively known as “Rosie the Riveter.” these...
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The First B-24 Bomber at Willow Run: A Production Miracle Begins!
Willow Run B-24 bomber #.01, the “educational model.” 75 years ago this month, in September of 1942, the very first B-24 Liberator bomber rolled off the line at Ford’s Willow Run Bomber Plant… and the...
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New Gallery Space at Yankee Air Museum
The Yankee Air Museum recently renovated former office space to expand our museum gallery with a dedicated space for artwork! The new Art Gallery opened in August, 2017, after eight months of work. The...
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Willow Run Bomber Disappears, Italian Sherlock Holmes Solves Case 70 Years Later
On the 28th of February, 1945, American forces undertook an ambitious strike against the heart of the Axis powers. For Willow Run Bomber #42-51642 and her crew, it would be the last. The mission plan...
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Big Dig Done. Let’s Keep the Progress Going!
We’re proud to announce the completion of The Big Dig at historic Willow Run! Thanks to you, our supporters, “The Big Dig” is complete at the historic Willow Run B-24 Bomber Plant near Detroit, MI!...
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A Fresh Coat of Paint at Willow Run!
Thank you for your ongoing support, which has made great progress possible! But your help is still needed to turn historic Willow Run into a museum… This year, we put a new coat of paint on the...
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Donor Spotlight: Historic WWII Connection Links NEXUS and Willow Run Bomber...
The pipelines’ and the Bomber Plant’s 65-year-old shared link to WWII sparked NEXUS Gas Transmission to recently award a $100,000 grant to the Save the Willow Run Bomber Plant Campaign. It’s a...
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For the Holidays: More Ways to Give to Save the Bomber Plant!
This holiday season, there are 3 more ways you can help us Save The Willow Run Bomber Plant! Help Yankee Air Museum and the Save the Bomber Plant Campaign Win $150,000! We’re super excited to let you...
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