He credited WOTN with finding those details by researching the plane's serial number.Ĭurrently, the Fargo Air Museum is full of historic aircraft, so the Corsair's wings are folded. It didn't see any combat during WWII or the Korean War but was instead used as a training plane, Fargo Air Museum Collections Manager Max Sabin said. More than 12,000 Corsairs were produced for the United States, and Beck's plane was delivered to the U.S. Was made famous during World War II thanks to a powerful engine that allowed it to fly faster than 400 miles per hour and a deadly machine gun, WOTN is currently closed while the nonprofit raises money to build a new museum/hangar complex,Īccording to a May 10 Eden Prairie Local News article. The Vought F4U Corsair, which is owned by Cindy Schreiber-Beck, had been on display at the Wings of the North Air Museum, or WOTN, in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, since 2017. Spent 16 years restoring has returned to the Fargo Air Museum.
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