Curtiss XSB2C-1 Helldiver prototype in flight c1941.jpg
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| Description | The U.S. Navy Curtiss XSB2C-1 Helldiver prototype (BuNo 1758) during a test flight. The aircraft made its first flight on 18 December 1940 but crashed on 8 February 1941 due to an engine failure during a landing approach. It sustained damage to the fuselage but was repaired. It was destroyed after suffering an inflight wing failure on 21 December 1941. |
| Date | circa 1941 |
| Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.470 |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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