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Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldivers, Supermarine Spitfires, and North American T-6D/Gs were used in ground-attack missions against Communist ground forces, camps, and transports during the last stages of the Greek Civil War. [25] [26] Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldivers saw a relatively brief combat service and were gradually phased out by 1953. [24]
The Curtiss XBT2C was a prototype two-seat, single-engined dive/torpedo bomber developed during World War II for the United States Navy. Derived from the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber, it was an unsuccessful competitor to meet a 1945 Navy specification for an aircraft to combine the roles that previously required separate types.
The Curtiss XSB3C was a proposed development by Curtiss-Wright of the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber, submitted to meet a U.S. Navy requirement for a new dive bomber to replace the SB2C in service.
Curtiss F8C Helldiver, biplane reconnaissance bomber of the 1920s Curtiss SBC Helldiver , biplane scout bomber of the 1930s. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver , monoplane dive bomber of the 1940s, known as the Curtiss Helldiver in the Royal Navy
Rare types on display from World War II include the P-51A Mustang, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, P-47M Thunderbolt, North American B-25 Mitchell, Douglas SBD Dauntless, Curtiss SB2C Helldiver and Grumman F6F Hellcat. [11] Many of them were built in Southern California. [12] Aircraft collection
A – Curtiss Aeroplane Company, landplanes and hydro aeroplanes (i.e. floatplanes) B – Wright Company, landplanes and hydro aeroplanes; C – Curtiss Aeroplane, flying boats; D – Burgess and Curtis, [a] landplanes and hydro aeroplanes; E – Curtiss Aeroplane, amphibians
Wright R-2600-3 on a B-23 Dragon Wright R-2600 Cyclone being fitted to a North American B-25 Mitchell, at North American Aviation, Inglewood, California R-2600 on display at Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB. Boeing 314 Clipper; Brewster SB2A Buccaneer; Curtiss SB2C Helldiver; Douglas A-20 Havoc; Douglas B-23 Dragon
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver firing a Tiny Tim rocket. The Tiny Tim was built in response to a United States Navy requirement for an anti-ship rocket capable of hitting ships from outside of their anti-aircraft range, with a payload capable of sinking heavy shipping. [1]