The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few survivors are extant.

Jun 5, 2024 · The SB2C-3 implemented in Kantai Collection is from VB-18 one of the dive bomber squadrons of the USS Intrepid. This particular squadron and plane model were credited with sinking Musashi at the Battle of Sibuyan Sea.

A Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber approaches a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. Intended as a replacement for the heralded Douglas Dauntless, the Helldiver proved to be a rugged platform for dive bombing in the Pacific Theater.

SB2C Helldiver/A-25 Shrike was a carrier-based scout-dive bomber aircraft produced for the U.S. Navy during World War II. The prototype XSB2C-l made its first flight on December 18, 1940. SB2C-1 – (Model 84, BuNo 00001-00200) first production version for US Navy with 4 x 0.50 in (12.7 mm) wing guns and one 0.30 in (7.62 mm) dorsal gun, 200 built.

The SB2C-3 Helldiver was the last and most extensively built of all US Navy dive bombers. The Army version, A-25 Shrike, had fixed wings. The first Helldiver entered combat along side Hellcats and Avengers, on November 11, 1943 over Rabaul.

Jun 12, 2006 · One notable example was a dive bomber developed by Curtiss for the U.S. Navy, the SB2C Helldiver. By and large, the aircraft that operated from the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers after 1942 were markedly superior to their Japanese counterparts.

Developed to replace the Douglas SBD Dauntless, the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was a carrier-based dive bomber used by the US Navy in World War II. It was the most widely used American dive bomber in the war with 7,140 (all variants) produced from 1940-1945. The US Army Air Force version was designated the A-25 Shrike.

SB2C-3s appeared with an upgraded 1,900 hp (1,415 kW) R-2600-20 driving a four-blade Curtiss Electric propeller. The -3 and the improved SB2C-4 equipped the majority of U.S. Navy squadrons during the war in the Pacific with production numbering 3,157 aircraft combined.

The long-awaited slight improvement in performance of the SB2C-3 modification was associated with the installation of a more powerful R-2600-20 engine with an improved Curtiss Electric four-blade propeller.

And thus, the XCBC-3 became the SBC-3 in production, and again, differed from the prototype by its new engine: The 83 ordered in August 1936 were delivered with the much powerful (825 hp/615 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1535-94, also a 14-cyl, 2-row model.