Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few survivors are extant.

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1943 — 1959  Wikimedia, Wikidata
A-25 Shrike; Curtiss A-25 shrike; Curtiss Helldiver; Curtiss SB2C; Curtiss Scout Bomber Design 2; Helldiver; SB2C; SB2C Helldiver
7140 produced, 
scout bomber, attack aircraft with 1 piston-propeller engine, carrier-capable attack aircraft, dive bomber, United States Navy, Curtiss, Curtiss-Wright, French Air Force, United States Air Force, Royal Thai Air Force, 

carrier-capable attack aircraft, Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver, dive bomber, Fairchild-Canada SBF Helldiver, SB2C-1 Helldiver, SB2C-4 Helldiver, SB2C-5 Helldiver, SBW Helldiver, scout, 

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  Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver ⓘ
  carrier-capable dive bomber aircraft series

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  Fairchild-Canada SBF Helldiver ⓘ
  scout bomber aircraft series

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  SB2C-1 Helldiver ⓘ
  carrier-based dive bomber series

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  SB2C-4 Helldiver ⓘ
  carrier-based dive bomber series

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  SB2C-5 Helldiver ⓘ
  carrier-based dive bomber series

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  SBW Helldiver ⓘ
  carrier-based dive bomber family

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Helldiver cockpit of the shipwrecked aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Saratoga (1ca6fa5b-7c7e-41bb-93a2-305a20133690)

Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldivers on deck of USS Yorktown (CV-10), circa in May 1943 (80-G-K-15598)

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver crashes aboard USS Shangri-La (CV-38), circa in 1945

Curtiss SB2C take off

Curtiss XSB2C-1 Helldiver prototype in flight c1941

Aircraft landing aboard the Randolph on February 2, 1946

SB2C CVG-4 Tinian NAN9-47

SB2C ramp strike on USS Shangri-La (CV-38)

SB2C-4E Helldiver of VB-88 in flight 1945

SB2C-4E Helldiver of VB-6 in flight in 1945

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	aircraft		Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver	Curtiss SB2C Helldiver	Wikidata
class	aircraft		Fairchild-Canada SBF Helldiver	Curtiss SB2C Helldiver	Wikidata
class	aircraft		SB2C-1 Helldiver	Curtiss SB2C Helldiver	Wikidata
class	aircraft		SB2C-4 Helldiver	Curtiss SB2C Helldiver	Wikidata
class	aircraft		SB2C-5 Helldiver	Curtiss SB2C Helldiver	Wikidata
class	aircraft		SBW Helldiver	Curtiss SB2C Helldiver	Wikidata
commons	image		Helldiver cockpit of the shipwrecked aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Saratoga (1ca6fa5b-7c7e-41bb-93a2-305a20133690)		Commons
commons	image		Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldivers on deck of USS Yorktown (CV-10), circa in May 1943 (80-G-K-15598)		Commons
commons	image		Curtiss SB2C Helldiver crashes aboard USS Shangri-La (CV-38), circa in 1945		Commons
commons	image		Curtiss SB2C take off		Commons
commons	image		Curtiss XSB2C-1 Helldiver prototype in flight c1941		Commons
commons	image		Aircraft landing aboard the Randolph on February 2, 1946		Commons
commons	image		SB2C CVG-4 Tinian NAN9-47		Commons
commons	image		SB2C ramp strike on USS Shangri-La (CV-38)		Commons
commons	image		SB2C-4E Helldiver of VB-88 in flight 1945		Commons
commons	image		SB2C-4E Helldiver of VB-6 in flight in 1945		Commons