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Jack Cook
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Did the P-35 have a official name?

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As far as I know it did not have a name Jack.

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I'm not aware of any name - nor in foreign service.

Nice pic, Jack!

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Sure it has a name...

Beautiful!

Have always found the P35 one very attractive a/c.

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Guardsman

at least for the training version
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Back in the day I bet pilots thought the 35 was a hulking beast compared to their biplanes, but now it looks so small, almost like a toy.
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Just paving the way for the hulking beast to come....the P-47.

The P-35 was pushing cutting edge technology that was changing very fast. If they had managed to get the powerplant to kick out a bit more, it might have been a bit more successful. As it was, stacked up against the Zero in the Philippines, it was outgunned, out maneuvered, out run and out of it's league. Yet it still managed to account for itself in the face of overwhelming superiority.
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The one in the NMUSAF always draws my attention. Such a cool looking aircraft.

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JDK wrote:
I'm not aware of any name - nor in foreign service.

Nice pic, Jack!


I think it did and that is saw some limited production for foreign air forces. I'll check. I just got a 6 part series of DVD of the war and there is a segment that is history of the P-47.

Back at you later... 8)

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Just call it "The Drake Bullet".
That's the only name I've ever heard it called except for the AT-12 Guardsman.
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Not what I was looking for but this may help.

http://www.aviation-history.com/seversky/p35.htm

I think the P-47 info I was remembering was an episode of Great Planes.

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Yet it still managed to account for itself in the face of overwhelming superiority.

In what way? The aircraft was a disaster!
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Jerry O'Neill wrote:
Just call it "The Drake Bullet".
That's the only name I've ever heard it called except for the AT-12 Guardsman.
Jerry


That name was made up for the movie Test Pilot starring Clark Gable , Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracey.
Great movie with some really good shots of the airplane.

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