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Willow Run Bomber Plant faces demolition without $3.5 million by Oct 1
The Willow Run Bomber Plant near Ypsilanti, famed for Rosie the Riveter and producing nearly 9000 B 24 bombers, may be torn down unless donors raise 3.5 million by October 1 to convert part of the 5 million square foot facility into the Yankee Air Museum home. Organizers led by Michigan Aerospace Foundation seek eight million for a separation plan, with 4.5 million already raised, and note the project persists despite Detroit's bankruptcy. Dennis Norton calls the site too large and aged for modern manufacturing as the museum hopes to revive the plant’s history.
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