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.

A rare Curtiss SB2C Helldiver returned to the skies on July 19 at the National Museum of World War II Aviation, marking its first public flight after a 45-year restoration journey.

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver would 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 ...

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 ...

A WWII Curtiss SB2C-1a Helldiver took flight after restoration, thrilling crowds at the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs.

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver would 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 ...

WWII plane salvaged from Lake Washington flies again after 80 years The Curtiss SB2C-1a Helldiver, one of only three airworthy models left in the world, made its first public flight July 19 after ...

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 ...