A ground floor plan made in 1943 shows the location of the Press Room in the northwest corner of the West Wing and the swimming pool in its original location at the center of the West Terrace. The White House Collection.
The Willow Run manufacturing complex, located between Ypsilanti and Belleville, Michigan, was constructed in the early years of World War II by Ford Motor Company for the mass production of war munitions, especially the B-24 Liberator heavy bomber.
Designed as a single-seat long-range fighter plane and fighter-bomber, the P-51 Mustang was produced by North American Aviation. The plane's first test flight was on October 26, 1940. The first production models were used in operations conducted by the British Royal Air Force.