Delivered to the USAAF as 45-49205. To the Peru Air Force as 547 in 1953. Later reserialled to 122. Stored at Plura AB from 1963. Shipped to the USA and registered as N47DE in 1969. To Warbirds of Great Britain as G-BLZW in 1979 then to Planes of Fame East, Flying Cloud, Minneapolis, MN as N47DE in 1985. Reregistered as N47RP in 1986. To the Palm Springs Air Museum, CA in 1997. Current on the register in airworthy condition in 2025.

This P-47D was delivered to the USAF in May 1945 (as 45-49205) and assigned to Air Material Command until transfer to Peru via the Mutual Defense Assistance Program in 1953. It served the Fuerza Aerea del Peru until 1967. In 1969 it was recovered from Peru by Ed Jurist with five other P-47's and returned to the US by ship. It was based in Texas, California, and Great Britain before coming to the Palm Springs Museum. Named "Big Chief," this P-47D is painted in the markings of the 56th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force.

Built for USAAF as 45-49205. Sold postwar to Peru AF as 547, later 122. Returned to USA as N47DE. Now registered NX47RP and flies with unauthentic serial "228473".

"Squirt VIII"

The huge Thunderbolt is about to be taken inside the Palm Springs Air Museum