Warplanes of the USA: Minnesota, Granite Falls, Fagen Fighters WWII Museum

Granite Falls, Fagen Fighters WWII Museum, 2450 540th Street, 56241.

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Curtiss JN-4D Jenny biplane, Reg. No. N2975.

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Curtiss P-40E Warhawk Mk. IA, RAF (Serial No. AK753), "Desert Shark", Reg No. N402WR.

Curtiss P-40E Warhawk Mk. IA, RAF (Serial No. AK683), Reg. No. N4420K, restoration project.

Curtiss P-40K Warhawk (Serial No. 42-10083), "Aleutian Tiger", Reg. No. N402WH.

Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver (BuNo. 83393), being restored.

ERCO 415-C Ercoupe XPQ-13 (Serial No.41-25196), C/N 11, Reg. No. N37143.

Fairchild PT-19A Cornell (Serial No. 398687), 108.

Fairchild PT-22 Cornell (Serial No.), 277.

Fairchild PT-26 Cornell (Serial No. 215429), 950.

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General Motors FM-2 Wildcat (BuNo. 86774), c/n 5832, Reg.No. N774FM.

Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat (BuNo. 78645).  Painted as (BuNo. 72534), "Death N' Destruction", as flown by VF-83 ace Don McPherson from the USS Essex in 1945.  Airworthy.

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Lockheed P-38J Lightning (Serial No. 44-27231), C/N 422-8235, 3321, "Scat III", (previously named "Ruff Stuff"), Reg. No. N79123.

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Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4-Trop (Wk. Nr. 8693), replica (full size mock-up) representing German Luftwaffe fighter ace Hans Joachim Marseilles.

Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero (Serial No. 3858), built in 1942.  This Zero had been assigned to the 3rd Naval Air Group, prior to being damaged and eventually abandoned on Babo airstrip, New Guinea.  It was salvaged in the 1990s and rebuilt in Russia and returned to the USA in 1997.  Reg. No. N553TT.

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North American B-25J-2 Mitchell (Serial No. 44-86698), c/n 108-47452, "Paper Doll", Reg. No. N325N.

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North American SNJ-4 Texan, USN (BuNo. 27234), coded 11-3, Reg. No. N714AW. 12071941. SNJ Texan c/n 88-12270.

North American P-51B-1-NA Mustang (Serial No. 43-12112), USAAF 56th Fighter Squadron, 54th Fighter Group.  This aircraft crashed into Florida's Lake Hancock during a training flight on 24 Nov 1943.  The remains were salvaged in the 1980s.  To be restored.

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North American P-51D-20NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-63864), ex-Swedish Air Force, "Twilight Tear", Reg. No. N251L.  Ron Fagen.

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North American P-51D-20NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-72051), ex-Swedish Air Force, "Sweet Revenge", Reg. No. N68JR.  Ron Fagen.

North American P-51D Mustang, replica mounted on a pylon.

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Ryan ST-3KR Recruit (Serial No.), c/n 1306, No. 277, Reg. No. N571B4.

Sweizer TG-2 Glider (Serial No.).

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Vultee BT-13 Valiant, (Serial No 121386), c/n 74-5225, 205, Reg. No. N54841.

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Waco CG-4A Hadrian Glider, replica. This example was completed in 2012, rebuilt from the original parts that were left in the inventory of Villaume Industries.

This museum also has a Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant M4 Sherman Composite ‘Thunder - U.S.A. 12572652’.

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