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

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

A key component of U.S. Navy and Marine Corps doctrine from the interwar period to the end of World War II was dive bombing, which was the use of an aircraft to deliver a bomb at a steep angle to ...

Museum conservation and restoration specialists describe the process of restoring the Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in ...