By 1995 there were only 21.051 flighthours on the airframe. More than 50 years after its initial delivery it was bought, in 1996, by Atlantic Warbirds Inc (New Hampshire, USA) and they were responsible for a complete restoration in magnificent MATS colourscheme with BuNo 56498. In September 2002 it was bought by Sherman Aircraft Sales Inc and registered that same date to Aces High US Ltd. It arrived together with N31356 at North Weald on 27 September 2002.