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AT OUR AIRPORTS – Fagen Fighters WWII Museum Acquires Airworthy SBD Dauntless A-24B 

Posted on June 24, 2025June 22, 2025 by mwflyer
Photo via Lone Star Flight Museum

GRANITE FALLS, MINN. – Fagen Fighters WWII Museum has announced the latest addition to its collection — an airworthy 1942 Douglas SBD Dauntless A-24B, recently acquired from the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, Texas. This historic aircraft, which earned the Reserve Grand Champion Award at Oshkosh in 1997, along with the prestigious Golden Wrench Award for its immaculate restoration, remains in flying condition. The SBD joins Fagen Fighters’ growing collection of Navy aircraft, which includes an SB2C Helldiver, F6F Hellcat, FM-2 Wildcat, and an SNJ. The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum is located at Granite Falls Municipal/Lenzen-Roe-Fagen Memorial Field (KGDB) in Granite Falls, Minn.

 

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