When the United States Navy ordered the first prototype of the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, the plans for the new dive bomber ...

On this day in aviation history, December 18, 1940, the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber made its first flight. Plagued ...

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver could 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 with ...

Between 1943 and 1945, over 7,000 SB2C Helldivers were built. Initially, the aircraft displayed poor handling characteristics—earning a damning report from the waste-focused Truman Committee and the ...

A U.S. Navy Icon Takes to the Skies After a 17-Year Restoration. On their Facebook page, The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum, located in Granite Falls, Minnesota, announced they’d completed a test flight ...

George "Art" Plumador, 91, of Malone, N.Y., examines the restored Curtiss SB2C Helldiver he flew in during World War II at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During World War II, U.S. Navy ...

What can be said about this iconic warbird that hasn’t already been said? The Dauntless made its maiden flight on May 1, 1940, and entered into official operational service with the U.S. Navy and U.S.

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 from ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During World War II, U.S. Navy ...

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 from ...