The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, initially plagued by design flaws, underwent over 800 modifications to become a formidable WWII ...

Between 1943 and 1945, over 7,000 SB2C Helldivers were built. Initially, the aircraft displayed poor handling characteristics—earning a damning report from the waste-focused Truman Committee and the ...

Divers raised a rare World War II dive bomber to the surface of a San Diego reservoir Friday, and a member of the salvage team said the long-sunken aircraft appears to be intact. Dick Frazer, the son ...

Helldivers 2 is a riveting game filled with odd quirks for you to wrap your mind around — you know, for Democracy. Being a co-op game (and one with friendly fire), there is a lot of pressure to get ...

The SB2C made her maiden flight on December 18, 1940, and officially entered into operational service with the U.S. Navy in December 1942. The plane was manufactured by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, ...

Anthony Bussing (he/him) is a Gaming Features Writer from Michigan. Anthony has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, with a minor in Journalism, achieved in 2022, from Adrian College, specifically to ...

A World War II dive-bomber, the Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver, will go on exhibition April 1 at the Smithsonian’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, where it has been undergoing restoration for the past 15 ...

A U.S. Navy Icon Takes to the Skies After a 17-Year Restoration. On their Facebook page, The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum, located in Granite Falls, Minnesota, announced they’d completed a test flight ...

Click to open image viewer. During World War II, U.S. Navy bombing squadrons flew Helldiver dive-bombers against Japan from November 1943 to the war’s end in September 1945. After a prolonged ...

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 with ...