Not a part of the MOTAT collection but a WW2 relic rescued during the 70s. It was displayed at MOTAT for a few years and then disappeared............perhaps over the ditch to Australia where there were several restoration projects.

Wideawake was built by the US as a staging post. The remote island airstrip was out of range of German air attack. The presence of P-39s discouraged any attempt to capture Ascension Island. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland

Recovered from Weipa, Queensland, where it force landed on May 1, 1942. Museum closed in 2016

During the restoration of an ex RAAF P-39 Airacobra at the Classic Jets Fighter Museum, Parafield Airport.

During the restoration of an ex RAAF P-39 Airacobra at the Classic Jets Fighter Museum, Parafield Airport.

A new project underway at the Parafield Airport Classic Jets Fighter Museum - the restoration of the P-39 Airacobra, which upon completion will be painted in the 24 Sqn. RAAF colours and marked as the squadron's first Airacobra A53-1

The restoration of the P-39 Airacobra at the Parafield Airport Classic Jets Fighter Museum goes on; it should be finished, hopefully, before the next Annual Parafield Antique & Classic Aircraft Fly-In

On static display at the Parafield Fly-In 2013

At the 8th Parafield Antique & Classic Aircraft Fly-In. Restored at Classic Jets Museum, reportedly with parts from Airacobra A53-1. Painted in the markings of P-39D Airacobra A53-12 with code T-GR. This aircraft is restored from parts of various P-39D and P-39F Airacobra parts and wreckage recovered from Australia and the Pacific. The real A53-12 was c/n 15-283.