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

The Helldiver would remain in Navy and Marine Corps service until 1950, but after the war, the U.S. sold surplus Helldivers to the navies of Italy, Portugal, Thailand, Greece, and France.

U.S. Navy divers are currently spending the week off the coast of Florida investigating quite an unusual find: A Curtiss SB2C Helldiver lying upside down approximately 185 feet below the water’s ...

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 Navy SB2C-4 Helldiver is about 90 feet below the surface of the lake in the southern portion of San Diego County. Duane Johnson was out on his boat looking for bass when he noticed a strange ...

The recovery of a five-foot propeller and a .30 caliber machine gun in the waters off Chappaquiddick led researchers to think they have discovered a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver that crashed in 1946.

CHULA VISTA, Calif. The /*Navy*/ Helldiver crashed into the Otay Reservoir during a practice run in 1945. Both crew members swam to safety. A fisherman discovered the aircraft last year, while he ...