The first example of the new Helldiver design, XSB2C-1 Bureau Number 1758, made its maiden flight on December 18, 1940, with chief test pilot H. Lloyd Child at the controls. The aircraft, however ...

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 from ...

The SB2C was the third carrier-based dive bomber called “Helldiver” and produced by Curtiss. “Hell diver” was a heroic and death-defying name for both pilots and aircraft in the popular American ...

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 from ...