The Curtiss SB2C-1a Helldiver, one of only three airworthy models left in the world, made its first public flight July 19 ...

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver could have been the U.S. Navy’s frontline carrier-based dive bomber for much of World War II, but problems with its development delayed its introduction and saddled it ...

Deep Yields Sunken Helldiver's Secrets There's a tail, but it ain't a fish By Eric S. Page and Lorrie Jordan • Published July 23, 2009 • Updated on July 23, 2009 at 5:50 pm ...

Curtiss manufactured 900 fixed-wing A-25 dive bombers at its St. Louis, Missouri, factory under contract to the Army Air Forces with final delivery to the Marine Corps. The U.S. Navy accepted NASM’s ...

View the Video Submerged Helldiver Archives:Recovery site photo gallery Family members tour World War II Helldiver’s crash and recovery site (8/17/10)WWII plane’s number doesn’t m… ...

Introducing the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver. Between 1943 and 1945, over 7,000 SB2C Helldivers were built. Initially, the aircraft displayed poor handling characteristics—earning a damning report ...

Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver U.S. Navy, National Museum of Naval Aviation, photo No. 1996.253.094 Even as the Navy placed its first orders for the biplane SBC in 1936, the Navy was already looking for ...