![]() Opened in 1942, "Willow Run" was synonymous with the American industrial effort that contributed so much to Allied victory in World War II. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a national reliever airport facility. ![]() Due to its very close proximity to Detroit Metropolitan Airport, no major airlines schedule passenger flights to or from Willow Run. Willow Run Airport ( IATA: YIP, ICAO: KYIP, FAA LID: YIP) is an airport in Van Buren Charter Township and Ypsilanti Township, near Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States, that serves freight, corporate, and general aviation. 42-50773, assigned to the 707th Bombardment Squadron, 446th Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force on a bomb run over Aschaffenburg, Germany, on February 25, 1945, attacking railroad marshalling yard facilities Source: Federal Aviation Administration ī-24 Liberators being manufactured by Ford, 1942 "Queenie" Willow Run built B-24J-5-FO Liberator, AAF Ser.
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