The resulting SB2C Helldiver would feature an internal bomb bay, folding wings, and was powered a 14-cylinder Wright R-2600 ...

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: The “Big-Tailed Beast” 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 ...

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Early History and Specifications The SB2C made her maiden flight on December 18, 1940, and officially entered into operational service with the U.S. Navy in December 1942.

George "Art" Plumador, 91, of Malone, N.Y., examines the restored Curtiss SB2C Helldiver he flew in during World War II at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy ...

Folks gather around a SB2C Helldiver after it was recovered from 91 feet down and under six or seven feet of organic silt in a San Diego reservoir, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010.

Navy pilot E.D. Frazar before he boards an SB2C-4 Helldiver. Frazar was the pilot of the Helldiver that ditched into the Lower Otay Reservoir on May 28, 1945.

The Fagen SB2C-5 under restoration in Minnesota. (Image credit: Fagen Fighters WWII Museum) The wreckage of the Helldiver was left undisturbed in the woods of Dahlgren, Virginia, until it was ...

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was a two-seat dive bomber initially introduced into combat in 1943. More than 7,000 SB2Cs were produced during World War II, although just one remains flying today.

The mystery surrounding a downed World War II-era plane found at the bottom of the ocean has been partially solved. The aircraft, upside down and mostly intact, is indeed a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver a… ...

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver could have been the U.S. Navy’s frontline carrier-based dive bomber for much of World War II, ... But while the Helldiver could fold its wings to save space, ...