Seversky EP-106, 2134 / 292-19, Flygvapenmuseum Malmen
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Registration: 2134
Construction Number: 292-19
Code Number: 53
Model Seversky EP-106
Operator: Flygvapenmuseum Malmen
Airport: Linkoping - Malmen (ESCF), Sweden
Photographer: Brian Johnstone
Date Taken: 25/01/2012
Date Submitted: 10/05/2012
In June 1937, the American manufacturer Seversky got an order from the USAAF on a new fighter, designated P-35. A special export version was also built, known as the Republic EP-1 (EP = Export Pursuit). It had a stronger engine (1065 hp Twin Wasp) and was more heavily armed (two 7,9 mm machine guns and two 13,2 automatic cannons) than the P-35. Sweden ordered 120 of this aircraft of this kind just at the outbreak of WWII. In consequence of the acts of war in Scandinavia 1940, only 60 of the aircraft, after great problems, reached Sweden. The remaining were embargoed by USA.
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