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  Seversky P-35A  Serial Number 41-17??? Tail 17 4MP
USAAF
FEAF
24th Pursuit Group
17th Pursuit Squadron


Edsall Spring 1941

Aircraft History
Built by Seversky Aircraft Company in Farmingdale, NY. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) as P-35A serial number unknown. Disassembled and shipped overseas to the Philippines and reassembled sometime between December 1940 to March 1941.

Assigned to the Far East Air Force (FEAF), 24th Pursuit Group (Interceptor), 17th Pursuit Squadron (Interceptor) based at Nichols Filed near Manila on Luzon in the Philippines. This P-35A was assigned to pilot 1st Lt. Boyd D. "Buzz" Wagner, Commanding Officer (C. O.) of the 17th Pursuit Squadron. On the left side of the fuselage is the squadron's snow owl insignia and two vertical fuselage stripes on the rear fuselage and "2170". The tail code is 17 4MP and the rudder has red and white stripes. The ultimate fate of this aircraft is unknown, likely written off or otherwise disappeared by December 1941.

References
USAF Serial Number Search Results Republic/Seversky P-35A 41-17434 ... 41-17493

Doomed From The Start (1995) page 12 (photo P-35A Wagner)

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Last Updated
November 9, 2019

 

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