SBC Helldiver
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Curtiss Cleveland 2669M in flight
Curtiss Cleveland Mk I AS467
Curtiss SBC-3 5-S-1 of the VS-5
Curtiss SBC-3 BuNo 0533 5-S-10 of the VS-5
Curtiss SBC-3 BuNo 0571 3-S-1 of the VS-3 in flight
Curtiss SBC-3 in flight
Curtiss SBC-3 rudder skeleton
Curtiss SBC-4 "white 1" BuNo 1813
Curtiss SBC-4 151-O-7 of the VMO-151, late 1941
Curtiss SBC-4 8-B-6 of the VB-8 and F4F-3 from VMF-111, during the war-games in 1941
Curtiss SBC-4 BuNo 1303 of the NRAB Long Beach 3
Curtiss SBC-4 BuNo 1304
Curtiss SBC-4 BuNo 1313 from Reserve Squadron
Curtiss SBC-4 BuNo 1502 July 1939
Curtiss SBC-4 BuNo 1504
Curtiss SBC-4 BuNo 1809 February 1940
Curtiss SBC-4 BuNo 1813 from NRAB New York in flight
Curtiss SBC-4 during flotation gear test
Curtiss SBC-4 from NRAB Minneapolis
Curtiss SBC-4 front view
Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver "black 4" of the NRAB Minneapolis 4
Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver of the USMC
Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver rear view
Curtiss SBC-4 NRAB Long Beach
Curtiss SBC-4 powerplant
Curtiss XSBC-3 Helldiver BuNo 9225
Curtiss XSBC-4 BuNo 0582
Curtiss XSBC-4 Helldiver prototype
French Helldivers 1940
French SBC-4, 1940
Helldivers 0576 5-S-10 and 5-S-11 of the VS-5, Union Air Terminal
Helldivers from Naval Reserve Air Base New York
Helldivers of the VS-2 at NAS North Island 1939
Helldivers of the VS-3 in flight
Marine SBC-3 BuNo 0521 of the VMF-2
Prototype XSBC-1 Helldiver BuNo 9225
Prototype XSBC-2 BuNo 9225
RCAF mechanics load French SBC-4 Helldivers onto barges at Dartmouth 1940
Rear gunner mans machine gun on SBC-4 BuNo 1843 coded 151-MO-9 of the VMO-151
SBC 3
SBC 4 with flotation bags deployed
SBC-3 BuNo 0512 3-S-3 of the VS-3 on the ground
SBC-3 BuNo 0513 3-S-4 from VS-3, Oakland
SBC-3 BuNo 0513 3-S-4 from VS-3, Oakland 2
SBC-3 BuNo 0526 5-S-3 from VS-5
SBC-3 BuNo 0527 from CAG USS Yorktown, Floyd Bennett Field 2
SBC-3 BuNo 0527 Helldiver from CAG USS Yorktown, Floyd Bennett Field 1940
SBC-3 BuNo 0528 Helldiver 5-S-5 of the VS-5, NAS New York
SBC-3 BuNo 0543 5-S-12 of the VS-5 in flight
SBC-3 BuNo 0543 5-S-12 of the VS-5 in flight 2
SBC-3 BuNo 0563 5-S-7 from VS-5, Oakland
SBC-3 BuNo 0571 3-S-1 of the VS-3 in flight 3
SBC-3 BuNo 0571 3-S-1 of the VS-3 in flight 4
SBC-3 elevator
SBC-3 elevator skeleton
SBC-3 engine cowl
SBC-3 fixed gun installation
SBC-3 front cockpit side
SBC-3 front cockpit side 2
SBC-3 fuse bulkhead
SBC-3 fuselage
SBC-3 fuselage 2
SBC-3 fuselage assembly
SBC-3 fuselage assembly 2
SBC-3 Helldiver 6-B-13 aboard U.S. aircraft carrier
SBC-3 Helldiver aileron
SBC-3 Helldiver BuNo 0509 from VS-5 coded 5-S-2 at Norfolk
SBC-3 Helldiver BuNo 0571 3-S-1 of the VS-3 in flight 2
SBC-3 Helldiver BuNo 0571 3-S-1 of the VS-3 in flight 5
SBC-3 Helldiver engine
SBC-3 Helldiver fixed gun .50 cal and sight
SBC-3 Helldiver landing gear
SBC-3 Helldiver on the ground
SBC-3 Helldiver rear cockpit aft gun
SBC-3 Helldiver rear cockpit forward
SBC-3 Helldiver rear cockpit gun stow
SBC-3 Helldiver rear cockpit side
SBC-3 Helldiver rear cockpit side 2
SBC-3 Helldiver tail wheel extended
SBC-3 Helldiver towed by PBY
SBC-3 horizontal stabilizer assembly
SBC-3 lower wing panel skeleton
SBC-3 of the VS-3 in flight 2
SBC-3 of the VS-3 in flight 4
SBC-3 of the VS-3 over Hoover Dam
SBC-3 upper wing panel
SBC-3 upper wing panel assembly
SBC-3 upper wing panel assembly jig with panel
SBC-3 VS-3 formation in flight
SBC-3 with 500 lb bomb
SBC-4 BuNo 1287 1-MW-2 from 1st Marine Air Wing
SBC-4 BuNo 1288 2-S-1 of the VS-2
SBC-4 BuNo 1288 2-S-1 of the VS-2 in flight
SBC-4 BuNo 1302 #2 of the Naval Reserve Air Base Long Beach 2
SBC-4 BuNo 1315 of the VMS-9R, Boeing Field Seattle
SBC-4 elevator
SBC-4 engine Wright R-1820-34 Cyclone
SBC-4 front cockpit side
SBC-4 front cockpit side 2
SBC-4 front cockpit side 3
SBC-4 fuel tank
SBC-4 Helldiver BuNo 1264 6-F-19 of the VF-6
SBC-4 Helldiver BuNo 1268
SBC-4 Helldiver BuNo 1268 2
SBC-4 Helldiver during war-games in 1941
SBC-4 Helldiver from VB-8 coded 8-B-6, warm up engine
SBC-4 Helldiver front cockpit
SBC-4 Helldiver front cockpit 2
SBC-4 Helldiver in flight 1938
SBC-4 Helldiver of the VB-8, Columbia airport, SC Wargames, "Redforce" November 1941
SBC-4 Helldiver pilot's instrumnet panel
SBC-4 Helldiver powerplant 2
SBC-4 lower wing panel
SBC-4 lower wing panel skeleton
SBC-4 lower wing panel skeleton with flaps
SBC-4 lower wing panel split flaps open
SBC-4 powerplant 3
SBC-4 rear cockpit
SBC-4 rear cockpit aft gun stow
SBC-4 rear gun
SBC-4 rear Instrument board
SBC-4 rudder
SBC-4 Wright R-1820 Cyclone engine
VS-3 formation in flight
XSBC-3 Pratt & Whitney R-1535-82 Twin Wasp Junior engine
XSBC-4 BuNo 0582 with dive flaps out
Helldiver was a two-seat scout and dive bomber built by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation for the United States Navy.