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 ...

The ill-fated Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is the subject of today's video. It is perhaps the best example of a potentially ...

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was supposed to be the Navy’s next great dive bomber—until it turned into a design disaster. With over 800 fixes needed just to make it combat-ready, pilots hated it ...

Only a few of the 5,100 Helldivers manufactured during World War II still exist. One of its nicknames was “The Beast” because it was so hard to handle. The aircraft had a tendency to crash.

The SB2C Helldiver aircraft was brought to the surface after days of work to free it from several feet of mud and debris on the dark floor of Lower Otay Reservoir, where it was spotted last year ...

In the final months of the war, Plumadore, then an aviation radioman second class, flew in the back seat of this very aircraft. Photo #: 80-G-348290 Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver scout-bomber, of ...

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 ...

There were 7,200 Curtiss-Wright SB2C Helldivers built in the 1940s, but only one is still in the air. It's at the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In this week.

The Helldiver was the last dive-bomber operated by the Navy and the last significant combat aircraft produced by Curtiss-Wright Corporation. The Udvar-Hazy Center, which opened in December 2003, ...

The blue Helldiver — a WW II single-engine dive bomber — was taxiing placidly down the runway when its wing abruptly dipped. The airplane came to a halt at an unsettling angle. Its right wheel had ...

E.D. Frazar was forced to ditch the Helldiver in Lower Otay Lake on May 28, 1945 when the engine failed. He and Army gunner Joseph Metz swam safely to shore.