• Aircraft:

  Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver

• Reg: N92879 photos
• Serial #:

  83589

• Airline: Commemorative Air Force
• Photo Date: Oct 17, 2015
• Uploaded: Nov 18, 2015
• Houston Ellington Field - KEFD, USA - Texas

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was a carrier-based dive bomber aircraft used by the United States Navy during World War II. Around 7000 of them were built before Italian Air Force retired the last one in 1959. 83589 is part of Commemorative Air Force (West Texas Wing) in Graham, Texas. This late-production Helldiver, built in 1945, makes frequent air show appearances. In 1982, it experienced engine failure and a hard emergency landing that caused extensive damage; volunteers of the CAF put in thousands of hours and spent in excess of $200,000 to restore the aircraft to flying condition once more.

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