Genuine serial is 45-49181. Constructed as a P-47D-40-RA by Republic at Evansville, Indiana, USA. Sold March 1953 to Fuerza Aerea del Peru with s/n 539, later 115 FAPe. Imported from Peru by Ed Jurist/Vintage Aircraft International Ltd, Nyack, NY. Arrived Brownsville, TX, 5 Sept 1969 on board SS Rosaldina. F/F Harlingen 28 August 1972 as N47DC. Sold 1975 to David C. Tallichet/Yesterdays Air Force/MARC, Chino, CA. Re-registered 1978 as N159LF then N444SU. Currently static at Air Zoo Aerospace and Science Experience, Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport, Kalamazoo, MI.

This restored P-51 is displayed at the Museum of Flight in the colours and markings of Lieutenant Colonel Glenn T. Eagleston while he was CO of the 353rd FS, 354th FG based at Rosières-en-Haye, France. The exact identity of this Mustang is unknown but it is an ex-IAF machine probably acquired by Israel from surplus Royal Swedish Air Force stocks in 1952. The Swedes acquired nearly all of their 100 P-51s from war-surplus USAAF stockpiles in Germany at the end of WWII.