The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, initially plagued by design flaws, underwent over 800 modifications to become a formidable WWII dive bomber.

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was supposed to replace the legendary Dauntless - but what arrived was a nightmare of instability, ...

The Helldiver is also the last significant combat aircraft produced by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The SB2C was the third carrier-based dive bomber called “Helldiver” and produced by Curtiss.

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver would 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 ...

SAN DIEGO — More stories, photos, video about the sunken Navy SB2C-4 Helldiver. Is a custody battle likely between two aviation museums for the rare Navy SB2C-4 Helldiver bomber t… ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A rare World War II Navy dive bomber that was stripped, burned and dumped in Lake Washington during the 1940s returned to the skies July 19 after a decades-long journey ...

It has been 64 years since Metz and E.D. Frazar ditched their SB2C-4 Helldiver bomber in Lower Otay Reservoir, east of Chula Vista.

The blue Helldiver — a WW II single-engine dive bomber — was taxiing placidly down the runway when its wing abruptly dipped. The airplane came to a halt at an unsettling angle. Its right wheel had ...

The Helldiver is also the last significant combat aircraft produced by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The SB2C was the third carrier-based dive bomber called “Helldiver” and produced by Curtiss.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A rare World War II Navy dive bomber that was stripped, burned and dumped in Lake Washington during the 1940s returned to the skies July 19 after a decades-long journey ...