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ESSEX WWII Navy Ace Flies Again in Fagen’s Helldiver

October 1, 2024 Moreno Aguiari 0

WWII Navy Ace and Hellcat pilot Donald M. McPherson flew in the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum’s SB2C Helldiver, joining a formation flight alongside his former aircraft, the F6F Hellcat.t. […]

Recreating History For The Fagen Fighters P-47 Thunderbolt

December 13, 2023 Angela Decker 0

by Chad Hill Through my design studio, Django Studios, I have worked with the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum designing T-shirts for their gift shop for a few years now, so when it popped up on […]

Fagen Fighters SB2C 5 Navy Helldiver known as 22the Beast22 roared back to life

Fagen Fighters SB2C-5 Helldiver – First Engine Runs!

October 8, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 5

The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum’s Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver (BuNo.83393) roared to life outside the museum’s workshop in Granite Falls, Minnesota yesterday, performing its first engine runs in nearly 80 years and marking yet another major […]

Fiducia Ad Cojones

August 21, 2023 Angela Decker 0

In January 2017, when Mark and the late-Joe Denest and their team at the Smoketown, Pennsylvania-based MD Aero Restorations completed the restoration of Fagen Fighters’ 1943 SNJ-4 in January 2017, Stephen Chapis was there to […]

F4U-4 Corsair To Be Loaned To Fagen Fighters WWII Museum

August 21, 2023 Adam Estes 0

by Adam Estes The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota, has just announced that will display F4U-4 Corsair BuNo 97388 through a loan agreement with owners Bureau Number 97388 was taken on strength […]

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TBM Avenger Project Arrives at Fagen Fighters

May 24, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

by Richard Mallory Allnutt The team at Fagen Fighters Restoration never seems to slow down. With the airworthy resurrection of Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver BuNo.83393 fast approaching its conclusion, another WWII-era U.S. Navy warbird project may […]

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Fagen Fighters: SB2C Helldiver Rollout & P-47 Arrival

May 4, 2023 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 0

May 4th, 2023: Fagen Fighters WWII Museum announced a major milestone in the restoration of their Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver on social media yesterday, formally rolling out the nearly-completed aircraft from their workshop at Granite Falls […]

2022 Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow – Pride of the Pacific

June 23, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

by Aaron Haase The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum held their annual Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow at their home field in Granite Falls, Minnesota on Saturday, June 18th, 2022. I arrived mid-afternoon the day before, and was treated […]

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Fagen Fighters’ Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver – Restoration Update – February, 2022

February 8, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 0

It has been a while since our last report from the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum regarding progress with Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver Bu.83393, which their restoration shop has been working on in Granite Falls, Minnesota. This past Friday […]

Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow Set for June 18th

January 4, 2022 Moreno Aguiari 4

On Saturday, June 18th, 2022 the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum will hold their biannual Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow at their home field, Lenzen-Roe Memorial Airport in Granite Falls, Minnesota. While the event’s intended lineup is still in […]

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