Fagen Fighters WWII Museum

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Fagen Fighters WWII Museum
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Location within Minnesota
Established2012 (2012)
Location Granite Falls, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°45′05″N95°33′29″W / 44.7515°N 95.5580°W / 44.7515; -95.5580
TypeMilitary aviation museum
Founder
  • Diane Fagen
  • Ron Fagen [1]
Website fagenfighterswwiimuseum.org

The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum is an aviation museum located in Granite Falls, Minnesota.

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History

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]

In 2025, the museum acquired an A-24 from the Lone Star Flight Museum. [6]

Facilities

The museum is made up of four display hangars, a restoration hangar, a reproduction Quonset hut, and a reproduction control tower. [7] [5]

Collection

The North American B-25J-30-NC Mitchell '73 - 327473' "Paper Doll" (45818314471) with the recovered Holocaust rail car in the background North American B-25J-30-NC Mitchell '73 - 327473' "Paper Doll" (45818314471).jpg
The North American B-25J-30-NC Mitchell ‘73 - 327473’ “Paper Doll” (45818314471) with the recovered Holocaust rail car in the background

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Aube, Ester (4 November 2020). "Fagen Fighters Parts Warehouse". AirCorps Aviation. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Postcards: WWII Museum Boxcar". YouTube. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  4. ↑ Lange, Carolyn (19 July 2016). "Powerful storm cuts power to entire Minnesota city". Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  5. 1 2 Gau, Deb (5 December 2023). "Fagen Fighters Museum to open new hangar on Pearl Harbor Day". Marshall Independent. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  6. ↑ Aguiari, Moreno (13 February 2025). "Fagen Fighters WWII Museum Acquires Airworthy SBD Dauntless". Vintage Aviation News. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "The Door's Wide Open at Fagen Fighters WWII Museum". Schweiss. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Learning Tools". Fagen Fighters World War II Museum. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Fagen Fighters' Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver – Restoration Update – April, 2021". Warbirds News. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "Fagen Fighters WWII Museum Adds Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero". Warbirds News. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  12. ↑ Ferraro, Nick (5 June 2012). "WWII-era glider, restored in Eagan, gets new home". Pioneer Press. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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