The Dauntless ... as the SBD performed during WWII, its critics point out that it was already obsolescent by the start of the war, and the Navy brass concurred; the Helldiver completely supplanted ...

The aircraft was simply built wrong. The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was built to replace the Douglas SBD Dauntless, a World War II dive bomber that had earned praise for its performance—particularly ...

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver could have been the U.S ... Accordingly, the new airplane was designated SBD, the Dauntless. The Navy, however, only expected it to be a stopgap for what would come ...

The Douglas SBD Dauntless saw her last significant action as a carrier-borne plane during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944, after which it was replaced by the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver.

The 5,396th Dauntless rolled off the line last week in the sprawling El Segundo aircraft plant in Los Angeles County. No. 5,396 was the last of an honored breed: the Navy’s dive-bombing SBD (for ...

The Curtiss-built SB2C-5 Helldiver aircraft ... States Navy chose the SB2C to supplement their current fleet of SBD Dauntless dive bombers. It would be the last dive bomber ever fielded by ...

The SB2C Helldiver, which operated off aircraft carriers, replaced the Douglas SPD Dauntless. Christian Gurling, curator at the Tillamook Air Museum, said it carried two crew members – the pilot ...

City and state permits have been obtained for a $125,000 operation to bring up the SB2C-4 Helldiver from Lower Otay Reservoir, said Nelson Manville, a city assistant lakes manager. The work could ...

The SB2C Helldiver was dislodged from the reservoir floor Friday and brought to the surface after divers spent two days in zero-visibility water removing mud and debris that was holding the plane ...