• Aircraft:

  Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver

• Reg: 83479 photos
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• Airline: United States - US Navy (USN)
• Photo Date: Jun 05, 2016
• Uploaded: Nov 30, 2016
• Other Location - NASM Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center, USA - Virginia

On display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Helldivers were the last dive-bombers in the U.S. Navy. This Helldiver never saw combat, having reached Guam before the war ended. It was assigned to VB-92 "Battling Beasts" aboard USS Lexington (CV-16) from Sept. to Dec. 1945. By Jan. 1946 the Helldiver was back in the USA, and after rotating through different squadrons was marked for preservation in 1948. It has been restored as a VB-92 aircraft, aided by surviving members of the squadron.

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First aircraft restored in the Mary Baker Engen restoration facility at the Udvar-Hazy Center

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