SBC Helldiver | |
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General information | |
Type | Dive bomber |
Manufacturer | Curtiss-Wright |
Primary users | United States Navy |
Number built | 257 |
History | |
Introduction date | 1938 |
First flight | 9 December 1935 |
Retired | 1943 |
The Curtiss SBC Helldiver was a two-seat scout bomber and dive bomber built by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. It was the last combat military biplane procured by the United States Navy. Delivered in 1937, it became obsolete even before World War II and was kept well away from combat with Axis fighters.[1]