Talk:Alexander Procofieff de Seversky

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[edit] Names

Of the various forms of his name, it was not at all clear which one was most common. The surname seems to have been most commonly given as "de Seversky" in the 1920s and 1930s and as "DeSeversky" in the 1960s through 1980s, but it's not very definite. I finally decided that since his company was the "Seversky Aircraft Corporation") I should not use a form with DeSeversky (joined) as his surname.

The book "Victory through Air Power" gives his name as "Major Alexander P. De Seversky".

I basically am shrugging my shoulders and putting in every redirect I can think of. But by all means, the more the merrier. I decided to include Seversky and De Seversky and DeSeversky since it—they—are not a common surname and we can always disambiguate them when and if it ever becomes necessary. The redirects I have created are:

• Alexander DeSeversky
• Alexander De Seversky
• Alexander de Seversky
• Alexander Procofieff de Seversky
• Alexander P. DeSeversky
• Alexander P. De Seversky
• De Seversky
• DeSeversky
• Seversky

I've never seen Alexander abbreviated to A, or spelled Aleksandr, or anything like that. Thank goodness. Dpbsmith (talk) 20:08, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I've decided that if the title of the article is "Alexander P. de Seversky" then I should refer to him throughout the article as "Seversky" (rather than "de Seversky"). Dpbsmith (talk) 02:10, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Removed link

External link removed via User:JzG edit

• P-47 Thunderbolt with historic background on Seversky Aircraft and Republic Aviation

J. D. Redding 22:42, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Additional Historical Information

It might be noteworthy to mention why Seversky was removed from the board of directors. I haven't done much research yet, but I remember learning that Seversky used government contract funds to develop what was supposed to be solely a military aircraft (Seversky P-35) into a slightly modified civilian aircraft (Seversky S-2) as an air racer. Jackie Cochran flew an S-2 to win the 1938 Bendix, Fuller flew an S-2 to win the 1939 Bendix. To add to Seversky's military unpopularity, he supposedly sold 20 S-2 derived fighters to Japan in 1939.

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LostCause 19:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Seversky figures in my next book, about the evolution of US airpower. I've not delved into the subject in detail, but Gen. Arnold (chief of the Army Air Corps) had a hand in removing Seversky from the company, at least in part because Arnold believed that AS was not paying attention to business, thus adversely affecting the AAC. Considering that the Seversky company became Republic, which produced the P-47 (the most-built US fighter in history), perhaps Arnold's intervention was warranted.

B. Tillman Nov. 13, 2007