The National Interest on MSN7d
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: How Not to Build a PlaneThe Helldiver’s poor manufacturing was a superficial problem relative to its fundamentally flawed design. The aircraft was ...
A nearly intact Curtiss SB2C-1C Helldiver rests just outside Maalaea Harbor. The plane crash-landed after a training exercise gone wrong in 1944, though both the pilot and radio operator emerged ...
Production proved a slow-go, as Curtiss worked to amend the various design flaws. When the Helldiver finally did join the Navy fleet, the aircraft, nicknamed “Beast,” was maligned for its size ...
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