Curtiss Helldiver

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Curtiss Helldiver

Postby The-Black-Sheep » Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:39 am

Been looking for a helldiver for yonks. The one I usually find is a bi-plane. I'm looking for the one used in the pacific theatre in WWII.

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Re: Curtiss Helldiver

Postby Felix/FFDS » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:59 pm



"Helldiver" was more or less a generic term for Curtiss fighters/dive bombers, dating to the F11C/BF2C days...

The "Biplane" Helldiver you're talking about is probably the SBC-4 model, some of which were used by US Marine Scout Squadrons in the early fighting, in lesser fronts (that could still get you killed, mind you).

The "Helldiver" you're looking for is the SB2C dive bomber, which resembles the SBC, but is a much bigger monoplane.  You might want to search for SB2C.  The SB2C replaced the venerable SBD Dauntless in Navy squadrons.
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Re: Curtiss Helldiver

Postby The-Black-Sheep » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:38 am

Yeah thats exactly the one I want. I'll have a look around, but if anybody else finds one, let me know.

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