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    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)...
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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...
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  • 1930s. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, monoplane dive bomber of the 1940s, known as the Curtiss Helldiver in the Royal Navy Search for "curtiss helldiver" , "curtiss...
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  • 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...
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  • PB4Y-2 Privateer - Patrol bomber Curtiss R5C Commando - Transport Curtiss SBC Helldiver - Dive bomber Curtiss SB2C Helldiver - Dive bomber Douglas BD Havoc...
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    Corps dive bombers with the name Helldiver. Two later generations of Curtiss dive-bombers were also named Helldiver. The type was introduced in 1925 and...
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    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...
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  • C-46 Commando transport aircraft, and later in the war, over 7,000 SB2C Helldivers. Its most visible success came with the P-40, variously known as the...
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    1,750 hp (1,304 kW) Boeing 314 Clipper Brewster SB2A Buccaneer Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Douglas A-20 Havoc Douglas B-23 Dragon Grumman F6F Hellcat (XF6F-1...
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    Aichi D3A "Val" Blackburn Skua Breda Ba.65 Brewster SB2A Buccaneer Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Fairey Barracuda Junkers Ju 87 Stuka Saab 17 Vought SB2U Vindicator...
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    and trouble-prone Curtiss SB2C Helldiver. Both American aeroplanes were ubiquitous, with 6,000 Dauntlesses and over 7,000 Helldivers built. Both the SBD...
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    initiating the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea; this included eight Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bombers from Intrepid, which launched their attack at 10:27...
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    having superior performance to contemporary dive bombers such as the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver. In order to conform with the Japanese Navy's requirement for long...
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    traversing Lower Otay Reservoir.[citation needed] The airplane was a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver that had ditched in the reservoir because of engine failure while...
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  • PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol bomber Curtiss R5C Commando transport Curtiss SBC Helldiver dive bomber Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber Douglas BD Havoc attack/medium...
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    of 27 planes, including Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers and Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bombers escorted by Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters, that had...
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    the PBJ-1 Mitchell, F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat, TBM Avenger, and the SB2C Helldiver. After World War II, the United States Navy's rocket laboratory at Inyokern...
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    role, configuration, and era ANBO VIII Blackburn Skua Breda Ba.65 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Douglas SBD Dauntless Fairey Barracuda Junkers Ju 87 Loire-Nieuport...
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    Just over two hours later, the battleship was attacked by eight Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bombers from Intrepid at 10:27. One 230-kilogram (500 lb) bomb...
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  • Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers, Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters and Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bombers. These were contemporary with US Navy carrier aircraft...
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    ships. The Naval Aviation also receives new aircraft, including 24 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bombers that form an anti-submarine squadron, considered a...
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  • Japanese super-battleships IJN Yamato and Musashi. Dive bombers The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber introduced in 1942 was faster than the Dauntless but...
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  • prototype 1 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver/A-25 Shrike dive bomber 1940 retired 1959 7,140 Curtiss XBTC torpedo bomber 1945 retired prototype 2 Curtiss XSB3C dive...
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    Dauntless at this time. VB-17 was the first squadron to use the newer Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, which later replaced the Dauntless as the US Navy's standard dive...
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  • Time magazine, 18 May 1942. Smith 1998, p. 10. Guttman, Robert. "Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: The Last Dive Bomber," p. 3. Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback...
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  • portion of the month, No. 336 Sqn. began employing its newly acquired Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft, of which 40 had been acquired from the United States Navy...
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  • September 1935 Curtiss A-18 Shrike, the operational version of the XA-14 with more powerful engines Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, known as the Curtiss A-25 Shrike;...
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    of 27 planes, including Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers and Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bombers escorted by Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters from the carrier...
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    Superfortress - In tail gunner position with two 0.5 in machine guns Curtiss SB2C Helldiver North American P-51 Mustang - NA-91 models were fitted with four...
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    of 27 planes, including Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers and Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bombers escorted by Grumman F6F Hellcat fighters, coming from...
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