Curtiss Helldiver
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 9:39 amBeen 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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Black-Sheep
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Black-Sheep
"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.
