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 ...

U.S. Navy divers are currently spending the week off the coast of Florida investigating quite an unusual find: A Curtiss SB2C Helldiver lying upside down approximately 185 feet below the water’s ...

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 Center ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During World War II, U.S. Navy ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A rare World War II Navy dive bomber that was stripped, burned and dumped in Lake Washington during the 1940s returned to the skies July 19 after a decades-long journey from ...

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 ...

This Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver was flown by the NACA at Langley with an early radio-control system. Helldivers were also operated by the U. S. Army as A-25 Shrikes. (NASA) The Army Corps of Engineers ...

The Commemorative Air Force West Texas Wing's SB2C Helldiver, one of the last flying examples of this storied World War II dive bomber, has endured its share of trials in recent years. Ed Vesely, ...

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 ...

California: A rare World War II dive bomber was lifted 90 feet (27.4 metres) from the bottom of a San Diego, California, reservoir on Friday and hoisted to dry land for the first time in 65 years. The ...