Fagen Fighters WWII Museum
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  Location within Minnesota | |
| Established | 2012 |
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| Location | Granite Falls, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44°45′05″N 95°33′29″W / 44.7515°N 95.5580°W |
| Type | Military aviation museum |
| Founder |
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| Website | fagenfighterswwiimuseum |
The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum is an aviation museum located in Granite Falls, Minnesota.
History[edit]
The origins of the museum lie in the establishment of Fagen Fighters Restoration in 1998. However, the museum itself was only founded in 2012.[1][2]
In May 2016, the museum unveiled a boxcar used in the deportation of Jews during the Holocaust it had acquired from Georgenthal, Germany.[3]
A tornado that struck the airport in July 2016 damaged a number of other buildings, but did not affect the museum.[4]
In 2017, the museum purchased a collection of spare parts that belonged to collector Jay Wisler.[1]
The museum opened a fourth hangar featuring U.S. Navy aircraft in December 2023.[5]
Facilities[edit]
The museum is made up of four display hangars, a restoration hangar, a reproduction Quonset hut, and a reproduction control tower.[6][5]
Collection[edit]
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk[7]
- Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver[8]
- Eastern FM-2 Wildcat[7]
- Fairchild PT-19[7]
- Fairchild PT-26[7]
- Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat[9]
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning[7]
- Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero[10]
- North American B-25 Mitchell[7]
- North American P-51 Mustang[7]
- Ryan PT-22 Recruit[7]
- Vultee BT-13 Valiant[7]
- Waco CG-4A[7][11]
See also[edit]
- American Wings Air Museum
- Dakota Territory Air Museum
- Fargo Air Museum
- List of aviation museums
- Wings of the North Air Museum
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Aube, Ester (4 November 2020). "Fagen Fighters Parts Warehouse". AirCorps Aviation. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ Cherveny, Tom (22 September 2012). "Fagen Fighters World War II Museum ready for takeoff in Granite Falls, Minn". West Central Tribune. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "Postcards: WWII Museum Boxcar". YouTube. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Lange, Carolyn (19 July 2016). "Powerful storm cuts power to entire Minnesota city". Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ a b Gau, Deb (5 December 2023). "Fagen Fighters Museum to open new hangar on Pearl Harbor Day". Marshall Independent. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "The Door's Wide Open at Fagen Fighters WWII Museum". Schweiss. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Learning Tools". Fagen Fighters World War II Museum. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "Fagen Fighters' Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver – Restoration Update – April, 2021". Warbirds News. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ Grode, Kit (10 November 2021). "Fagen Fighters debuts new WWII fighter plane acquisition at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2021, earns Gold Lindy award". West Central Tribune. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "Fagen Fighters WWII Museum Adds Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero". Warbirds News. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ Ferraro, Nick (5 June 2012). "WWII-era glider, restored in Eagan, gets new home". Pioneer Press. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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