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Seversky P-35 assigned to the 17th Pursuit Squadron in the Philippines at the onset of America's entry into WWII.

I may know the man on the right. Can you tell more about this picture? Sure would appreciate it.

I can only assume both men featured are pilots; beyond that, I don't have a roster of the 17th Pursuit Squadron, so I can't provide any other information. It's possible that SDASM may be able to check the image for any sort of inscription on the reverse...

Thanks so much for your quick response, I'll pursue that via the museum.

jumpjp The only additional information on the back is says "Nichols Field, PI"...perhaps if you provide who you think the man on the right may be we can find out more...

The Seversky P-35A was produced in several variants, including the EP-106, 60 of which were delivered to Sweden as J 9's. They served through the war and were finally retired around 1952. Few of the ~120 produced still exist, but the only one flying is an AT-12 [NX55539] with the Planes of Fame collection in Chino, CA.

Seversky also wrote a book in the 1960s that warned of the perils of military weakness in the face of Soviet military power. It was called "America: Too Young To Die." It was something of a success, at the time.....Barry Goldwater was running for president.

I do not think that the aircraft at the top right is a P-47. The landing gear look like a P-35 witch would make more sense because Jacqueline Cochran is standing next to the P-35 that she won the Bendix trophy in.

Yes I agree, the shape of the radial cowl is wrong in addition to the semi-exposed landing gear to be a (Jug) P-47.

Correct. And regarding the "semi-exposed" landing gear of the P-35 (and others like the Northrop BT-1), Boeing eventually won a patent in the 30's for designing a landing gear strut that would rotate 90 degrees while retracting, thereby allowing the landing gear to fully retract into the lower wing and reducing aerodynamic drag. So Curtiss (P-36 & P-40), Vought (F4U), Grumman (F6F) and others had to pay Boeing royalties to incorporate this design feature. Ironically, none of the famous Boeing designs (P-26, B-17 & B-29) used this more advanced landing gear design!