The Curtiss SB2C-1a Helldiver, one of only three airworthy models left in the world, made its first public flight July 19 ...

A rare piece of World War II history took to the skies on Saturday, July 19. A restored SB2C Helldiver made its first public ...

O n this day in aviation history, December 18, 1940, the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver dive bomber made its first flight. Plagued with teething issues that held its entry into operational service back ...

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver could have been the U.S. Navy’s frontline carrier-based dive bomber for much of World War II, but problems with its development delayed its introduction and saddled it ...

After overcoming years of challenges, the Commemorative Air Force West Texas Wing's SB2C Helldiver is ready to soar again. One of the last flying examples of this WWII dive bomber, it returns to ...

In 2010, the Helldiver arrived at the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at NASM’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. NASM’s Helldiver is one of seven surviving SB2Cs as of 2013 that are complete and in ...

The SB2C-4 World War II Helldiver at the bottom of Lower Otay is the only remaining plane from an estimated 5,100 built during the war. Pilots nicknamed it “The Beast” because it was so ...

George "Art" Plumador, 91, of Malone, N.Y., examines the restored Curtiss SB2C Helldiver he flew in during World War II at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy ...

Navy pilot E.D. Frazar before he boards an SB2C-4 Helldiver. Frazar was the pilot of the Helldiver that ditched into the Lower Otay Reservoir on May 28, 1945. Photo courtesy of Richard Frazar.

The Fagen SB2C-5 under restoration in Minnesota. (Image credit: Fagen Fighters WWII Museum) The wreckage of the Helldiver was left undisturbed in the woods of Dahlgren, Virginia, until it was ...

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver could have been the U.S. Navy’s frontline carrier-based dive bomber for much of World War II, but problems with its development delayed its introduction and saddled it ...

In 2010, the Helldiver arrived at the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at NASM’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. NASM’s Helldiver is one of seven surviving SB2Cs as of 2013 that are complete and in ...