Enjoy a short excerpt of our interview with Irene Bokros – original Willow Run employee hired in 1942. Irene has many interesting details of her time working at the bomber plant.
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Willow Run Employee Irene Bokros Shares Her Story
We recently interviewed another original Willow Run employee, Irene Bokros. She was employed soon after graduating high school, as the bomber plant began hiring in 1942, and drove all the way from Pinkney, Michigan, every day. She talked about the snow storm of 1943, which closed many of the roads along her route to work, and how much she made in her first pay check. Stay tuned for an excerpt of the interview with this exceptional woman, now 92 years young.
Follow Willow Run on Pinterest
Watch for rare glimpses of the past, present, and future of historic Willow Run on Pinterest HERE.
Follow Willow Run documentary progress on YouTube
Now on YouTube! Watch for new trailers and excerpts on the Willow Run YouTube channel.
Yankee Air Museum Name Change in 2017
In 2017 when Yankee Air Museum moves into it’s new home across the airport, it will take the name, National Museum of Aviation and Technology. HERE’s a great article about that.
New film poster designs coming in!
Watch for new poster designs and historical images coming in, here and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/willowrundocumentary/posts/847017055347108:0
Remembering the Home Front
Here are a few comments from our three interviewees for the documentary, in honor of those who served on the home front.
Principal Photography Begins
May 18, 2015, marks the beginning of principal photography for the Willow Run documentary. Interviewees included Charles K. Hyde, Judith Knudsen Christie, and Marion Gentz. Each contributed valuable stories and memories of those days before and during WWII.
The Documentary
Coming soon!
Greetings Visitors!
We are very pleased to launch this web site dedicated to the memory of the women and men who fought on the home front of the B-24 Bomber plant known as Willow Run. The Yankee Air Museum (soon to be renamed National Museum of Aviation and Technology!) has partnered with Stone Bridge Productions to produce a full-length documentary film about this great American story – how this community of workers and engineers overcame tremendous odds to help out-produce Nazi Germany to win WWII.
Thanks again for visiting. Much more to come!
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