<p>c/n 399-55731.
Actual US military serial 45-49192.
Saw post-war service with the Peruvian Air Force as ‘545’ and later as ‘119’.
Rescued and returned to the US in 1969, she flew again in 1973 registered as N47DD. Sadly, she later crashed on a delivery flight to a new owner, in February 1980. The wreck came to Duxford in 1985 as part of a deal arranged by the Fighter Collection, and a complex static restoration took place, also involving parts of other airframes.
Completed to a high standard, she is now painted to represent the personal aircraft of Colonel Hubert Zemke, commander of the 56th Fighter Group at Boxted and is on display in the newly refurbished American Air Museum, part of the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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7th May 2016
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK
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