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.
The P-47 Thunderbolt, a single-seat propeller plane, was on a flight to shoot promotional material for the Bethapage Air Show in Jones Beach when it went down in the water about two miles south of the George Washington Bridge at about 7:30 p.m., according to officials. Small Vintage Plane Crashes in Hudson River, Body Found: Officials. Chopper 4, the first news helicopter on the scene, showed police, fire and Coast Guard boats and helicopters swarming the area as they searched for the pilot, later identified as William Gordon of Key West, Florida.