Seversky P35
Type: US fighter plane.
History: This aircraft was the inspiration for the 1938 Italian Reggiane Re2000, which was designed by Roberto Longhi. Like the Italian aircraft, however, the Seversky P-35 was not as popular as it might have been and both the Seversky and the Reggiane ended up going for export. Sweden bought both Re2000s and P35s, 60 of the former and 120 of the latter.
The small Seversky fighter was designed in 1936 by Alexander Kartveli, the father of the P-47 Thunderbolt.
A Seversky P35 fighter of the 27th Pursuit Squadron.
Only 77 of the original model were built and these were powered by Pratt & Whitney 950 hp engines. The export model, the EP-106, was built for the Swedish Air Force, but, because of the American embargo on arms exports, only 60 of the 120 ordered were delivered.
A pair of Royal Swedish Air Force (RSAF) Seversky P35 fighters near Stockholm in the Fall of 1940. The RSAF designated them J-9.
The remaining 60 aircraft, redesignated P35 A, were used by the Americans for operational purposes in the Philippines in late 1941.
The first US ace of WW2 was Lieutnant Boyd D. 'Buzz' Wagner, who flew this Seversky P-35A when he commanded the 17th Pursuit Squadron at Nichols Field, Philippines, in 1941.
In the Fall of 1941 many of the P-35As were camouflaged in Olive Drab, then transferred to the 34th Pursuit Squadron as the 17th transistioned to the P40 Warhawk. This P-35A shows what happens when tropical moisture gets under fresh paint and the aircraft is flown - the paint just peels off !
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A pair of Swedish Seversky P-35 (in Sweden J-9) from No.8 Fighter Wing near their home base of Barkarby, located on the outskirts of Stockholm. The RSAF J-9s intercepted many Allied bomber aircraft that were battle damaged over Germany.
Seversky P-35 A |
| Type |
fighter plane |
| Power plant |
one 1,050 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830-45 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder radial air-cooled engine
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| Accommodation |
1 |
| Wing span |
36 ft |
| Length overall |
26 ft 10 in |
| Height overall |
9 ft 9 in |
| Weight empty |
4,575 lb |
| Maximum weight |
6,118 lb |
| Maximum speed |
290 mph |
| Service ceiling |
31,400 ft |
| Range |
950 miles |
| Armament |
Two .30cal machine guns [1,350 rpm, velocity 2,600 f/s], two 0.50in machine guns [800 rpm, velocity 2,810 f/s]
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300 lb of bombs |
| First flight |
1936 |
| Production delivery P-35A |
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| Final delivery |
1940 |
| Production figures |
77 P-35, 120 P-35A
Total: 197
(of the latter 60 exported to Sweden)
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3d model Seversky P-35
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