The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few survivors are extant.
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver
Curtiss XSB2C Helldiver prototype on its maiden flight
SB2C-4 from Yorktown off Iwo Jima
SB2C-1s in tricolor scheme (front) on the flight deck of Yorktown in 1943.
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a manufacturer and services provider headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina, with factories and operations in and outside the United States. Created in 1929 from the consolidation of Curtiss, Wright, and various supplier companies, the company was immediately the country's largest aviation firm and built more than 142,000 aircraft engines for the U.S. military during World War II.
The main building of the Curtiss-Wright company at Caldwell, New Jersey, 1941.
A Curtiss-Wright Travel Air CW-12Q at Cotswold Airport, Gloucestershire, England