World War Photos

SBC-4 rear gun

Curtiss SBC-3 5-S-1 of the VS-5

SBC-4 rear cockpit

Curtiss SBC-4 BuNo 1304

Curtiss SBC-3 rudder skeleton

Curtiss SBC-4 BuNo 1502 July 1939

Curtiss SBC-4 BuNo 1504

Curtiss Cleveland Mk I AS467

SBC-4 BuNo 1302 #2 of the Naval Reserve Air Base Long Beach 2

SBC-3 upper wing panel assembly jig with panel

Curtiss SBC-4 NRAB Long Beach

SBC-3 fixed gun installation

SBC-4 rudder

Curtiss SBC-4 BuNo 1809 February 1940

SBC-3 of the VS-3 over Hoover Dam

SBC-3 VS-3 formation in flight

Curtiss SBC-4 BuNo 1303 of the NRAB Long Beach 3

SBC-3 with 500 lb bomb

SBC-4 BuNo 1315 of the VMS-9R, Boeing Field Seattle

SBC-3 elevator

Curtiss SBC-4 “white 1” BuNo 1813

SBC-4 rear cockpit aft gun stow

SBC-3 Helldiver fixed gun .50 cal and sight

Curtiss SBC-4 powerplant

SBC-4 rear Instrument board

SBC-3 BuNo 0528 Helldiver 5-S-5 of the VS-5, NAS New York

SBC-4 lower wing panel skeleton with flaps

French Helldivers 1940

SBC-4 BuNo 1288 2-S-1 of the VS-2

Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver “black 4” of the NRAB Minneapolis 4

SBC-3 upper wing panel assembly

Helldivers of the VS-3 in flight

SBC-4 elevator

SBC-3 BuNo 0543 5-S-12 of the VS-5 in flight

VS-3 formation in flight

Curtiss SBC-4 8-B-6 of the VB-8 and F4F-3 from VMF-111, during the war-games in 1941

SBC-4 front cockpit side

SBC-3 Helldiver 6-B-13 aboard U.S. aircraft carrier

SBC-4 Helldiver front cockpit

SBC-3 horizontal stabilizer assembly

SBC-3 BuNo 0543 5-S-12 of the VS-5 in flight 2

Curtiss SBC-3 BuNo 0571 3-S-1 of the VS-3 in flight

SBC-4 fuel tank

SBC-3 lower wing panel skeleton

Prototype XSBC-2 BuNo 9225

SBC-3 upper wing panel

Prototype XSBC-1 Helldiver BuNo 9225

Curtiss SBC-4 BuNo 1813 from NRAB New York in flight

SBC-4 lower wing panel split flaps open

SBC-3 of the VS-3 in flight 2

SBC-3 Helldiver BuNo 0571 3-S-1 of the VS-3 in flight 2

SBC-4 Helldiver BuNo 1268 2

Curtiss SBC-3 in flight

SBC-3 BuNo 0571 3-S-1 of the VS-3 in flight 3

SBC-3 Helldiver aileron

SBC-4 lower wing panel skeleton

Helldivers 0576 5-S-10 and 5-S-11 of the VS-5, Union Air Terminal

SBC-3 fuselage 2

SBC-3 Helldiver tail wheel extended

SBC-4 front cockpit side 3

XSBC-3 Pratt & Whitney R-1535-82 Twin Wasp Junior engine

SBC-3 Helldiver rear cockpit aft gun

Helldivers of the VS-2 at NAS North Island 1939

SBC-3 Helldiver landing gear

Curtiss XSBC-4 BuNo 0582

SBC-3 BuNo 0527 Helldiver from CAG USS Yorktown, Floyd Bennett Field 1940

SBC-3 BuNo 0527 from CAG USS Yorktown, Floyd Bennett Field 2

Marine SBC-3 BuNo 0521 of the VMF-2

SBC-4 Helldiver during war-games in 1941

SBC-3 Helldiver rear cockpit side 2

Curtiss SBC-4 front view

SBC-4 engine Wright R-1820-34 Cyclone

Curtiss XSBC-3 Helldiver BuNo 9225

SBC-4 front cockpit side 2

SBC-3 fuselage

SBC-4 Helldiver in flight 1938

SBC-4 Helldiver BuNo 1268

Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver rear view

SBC-3 Helldiver rear cockpit side

SBC 4 with flotation bags deployed

SBC-3 BuNo 0571 3-S-1 of the VS-3 in flight 4

Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver of the USMC

SBC-3 front cockpit side

SBC-3 engine cowl

SBC-4 Helldiver powerplant 2

Curtiss SBC-3 BuNo 0533 5-S-10 of the VS-5

Curtiss SBC-4 during flotation gear test

SBC-4 lower wing panel

SBC-4 Helldiver front cockpit 2

SBC-3 Helldiver engine

SBC-4 Helldiver BuNo 1264 6-F-19 of the VF-6

Crashed SBC-4 of the VMO-151 Septembe 1941

Helldivers from Naval Reserve Air Base New York

SBC-3 BuNo 0512 3-S-3 of the VS-3 on the ground

SBC-4 BuNo 1288 2-S-1 of the VS-2 in flight

Rear gunner mans machine gun on SBC-4 BuNo 1843 coded 151-MO-9 of the VMO-151

RCAF mechanics load French SBC-4 Helldivers onto barges at Dartmouth 1940

SBC-4 BuNo 1287 1-MW-2 from 1st Marine Air Wing

Curtiss SBC-4 from NRAB Minneapolis

SBC-3 Helldiver on the ground

SBC-3 Helldiver BuNo 0571 3-S-1 of the VS-3 in flight 5

SBC-4 Helldiver pilot’s instrumnet panel

Curtiss XSBC-4 Helldiver prototype

SBC-4 Helldiver from VB-8 coded 8-B-6, warm up engine

SBC-3 Helldiver towed by PBY

SBC-3 front cockpit side 2

SBC-4 Wright R-1820 Cyclone engine

SBC-3 BuNo 0563 5-S-7 from VS-5, Oakland

SBC-3 fuselage assembly 2

XSBC-4 BuNo 0582 with dive flaps out

SBC-3 Helldiver BuNo 0509 from VS-5 coded 5-S-2 at Norfolk

SBC-3 BuNo 0513 3-S-4 from VS-3, Oakland

SBC-4 Helldiver of the VB-8, Columbia airport, SC Wargames, “Redforce” November 1941

Curtiss SBC-4 151-O-7 of the VMO-151, late 1941

SBC-3 fuse bulkhead

French SBC-4, 1940

Curtiss Cleveland 2669M in flight

SBC-3 of the VS-3 in flight 4

SBC-4 powerplant 3

SBC 3

SBC-3 BuNo 0513 3-S-4 from VS-3, Oakland 2

SBC-3 fuselage assembly

Curtiss SBC-4 BuNo 1313 from Reserve Squadron

SBC-3 Helldiver rear cockpit gun stow

SBC-3 BuNo 0526 5-S-3 from VS-5

SBC-3 Helldiver rear cockpit forward

SBC-3 elevator skeleton