Built for Australia in 1943 as a P-40N and allocated US military serial ’42-106101’. Immediately transported to Australia and given the RAAF serial ‘A29-556’. In service from October 1943 until written off when struck by a landing aircraft in May 1944. It was then dismantled for spares. In 1974 it was one of 13 P-40 wrecks recovered from New Guinea to the USA. In 1987 the RAF Museum swapped a Spitfire XVI gate guard for a complete P-40, restored to static display standards. The fuselage of A29-556 was used in the rebuild and the completed rebuilt went on display at Hendon in May 1992, painted in 112sqn markings. It was stored between 1999 and 2003, during which further investigation revealed its true identity. It then returned to Hendon where it remains on display in the Historic Main Hangars. RAF Museum, Hendon, London, UK.