A World War II dive-bomber, the Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver, will go on exhibition April 1 at the Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, where it has been undergoing restoration for the past 15 ...

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 ...

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was a two-seat dive bomber initially introduced into combat in 1943. More than 7,000 SB2Cs were produced during World War II, although just one remains flying today.

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

The mystery surrounding a downed World War II-era plane found at the bottom of the ocean has been partially solved. The aircraft, upside down and mostly intact, is indeed a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver a… ...

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

SAN DIEGO — More stories, photos, video about the sunken Navy SB2C-4 Helldiver. Joe Corsi remembers being flown to Hope, Ark., in 1943 to work on a plane that had made a forced landing because ...

The SB2C-4 World War II Helldiver at the bottom of Lower Otay is the only remaining plane from an estimated 5,100 built during the war. Pilots nicknamed it “The Beast” because it was so ...

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was built to replace the Douglas SBD Dauntless, a World War II dive bomber that had earned praise for its performance—particularly at the Battle of Midway, in which ...

Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver U.S. Navy, National Museum of Naval Aviation, photo No. 1996.253.094 Even as the Navy placed its first orders for the biplane SBC in 1936, the Navy was already looking for ...

Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver U.S. Navy, National Museum of Naval Aviation, photo No. 1996.253.094 Even as the Navy placed its first orders for the biplane SBC in 1936, the Navy was already looking for ...