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National Museum of World War II Aviation'S Curtiss SB2C-1A Helldiver Flies After 45 Years
The aviation world has welcomed a third Curtiss SB2C-1A Helldiver to the skies. On August 8th, after 45 years, BuNo 75552 ...
The National Interest20d
Head-to-head: The Douglas SBD Dauntless vs. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Bomber
As beautifully 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 Maui News7y
Maui surrounded by history
A nearly intact Curtiss SB2C-1C Helldiver rests just outside Maalaea Harbor. The plane crash-landed after a training exercise gone wrong in 1944, though both the pilot and radio operator emerged ...