The National Interest on MSN21h
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: How Not to Build a Plane
The Helldiver’s poor manufacturing was a superficial problem relative to its fundamentally flawed design. The aircraft was ...
Dark Skies on MSN11d
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: The Worst and Final Navy Dive Bomber?
Explore the controversial legacy of the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, often regarded as one of the most challenging dive bombers ever produced. Despite its troubled history, this aircraft played a pivotal ...
The Maui News7y
Maui surrounded by history
A nearly intact Curtiss SB2C-1C Helldiver rests just outside Maalaea Harbor. The plane crash-landed after a training exercise gone wrong in 1944, though both the pilot and radio operator emerged ...