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Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldivers saw a relatively brief combat service and were gradually phased out by 1953. [24] A few were in use until 1957 as photographic aircraft. One Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver was restored in 1997 and is displayed in the Hellenic Air Force Museum. [27]
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.
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.
Curtiss Helldiver may refer to the following aircraft 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
The Twin Cyclone went on to power several important American World War II aircraft, including the A-20 Havoc, B-25 Mitchell, TBF Avenger, SB2C Helldiver, and the PBM Mariner. Over 50,000 R-2600s were built at plants in Paterson, New Jersey, and Cincinnati, Ohio.
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The Curtiss SBC Helldiver was a two-seat scout bomber and dive bomber built by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. It was the last combat military biplane procured by the United States Navy . Delivered in 1937, it became obsolete even before World War II and was kept well away from combat with Axis fighters.
On 20 June 1941, the United States Navy placed an order with the Douglas Aircraft Company for two prototypes of a new two-seat dive bomber to replace both the Douglas SBD Dauntless and the new Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, designated XSB2D-1. [1] The resulting aircraft, designed by a team led by Ed Heinemann, was a large single-engined mid-winged ...