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  Location within Minnesota | |
| Established | 2012 |
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| Location | Granite Falls, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44°45′05″N95°33′29″W / 44.7515°N 95.5580°W |
| Type | Military aviation museum |
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| Website | fagenfighterswwiimuseum |
The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum is an aviation museum located in Granite Falls, Minnesota.
Museum founder Ron Fagen bought his first warbird, a P-51, in 1994. [2] Then, in 1998, he established Fagen Fighters Restoration. However, the museum itself was only founded in 2012. [1] [3]
In May 2016, the museum unveiled a boxcar used in the deportation of Jews during the Holocaust it had acquired from Georgenthal, Germany. [4]
A tornado that struck the airport in July 2016 damaged a number of other buildings, but did not affect the museum. [5]
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. [6]
In 2025, the museum acquired an A-24 from the Lone Star Flight Museum. [7]
The museum is made up of four display hangars, a restoration hangar, a reproduction Quonset hut, and a reproduction control tower. [8] [6]
