aeroman3:
A Curtiss SBD-23 Helldiver of either BS Six (VB-6) or Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6) crashes into the catwalk after catching a wire on board the USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) during operations in the Pacific.
aeroman3:
Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver of Bombing Squadron Seventeen (VB-17) after losing its tail during recovery aboard the USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17) during operations in the Caribbean.
aeroman3:
Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldivers of Bombing Squadron 83 (VB-83) with other aircraft of Air Group 83 on the USS ESSEX (CV-9) during operations off Okinawa. The burning carrier is USS BUNKER HILL (CV-17), which suffered two kamikaze hits.
aeroman3:
Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver of Attack Squadron 5A (VA-5A) with hook down during operations from a unknown carrier.
aeroman3:
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver of Bombing Squadron. Six (VB-6) entagled in barrier aboard USS HANCOCK (CV-19) after missiong arresting wires on recovery.
aeroman3:
Curtiss SB2C-5 "Helldiver" dive bombers of bombing squadron VB-89 are lined up for launch on the flight deck of the USS ANTIETAM (CV-36), 1945.
aeroman3:
Vought F4U-4 "Corsair" fighters from Fighting Squadron VF-75 'Gay Blades' and Curtiss SB2C-4E "Helldiver's" of Torpedo Squadron VT-75 'Fish Hawks' fly over the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42).
aeroman3:
View of a barricade crash of an SB2C-5 ''Helldiver'' of Attack Squadron (VA) 34 on board the USS Kearsarge (CV 33) on November 19, 1948.
aeroman3:
SB2C-3 assigned to Bombing Squadron 80 VB-80 suffers a gear collapse after catching a wire aboard USS Ticonderoga
aeroman3:
SB2C-4E of Bombing Squadron 92 VB-92 begins to nose over after taking the barrier during recovery aboard USS Lexington CV-16
aeroman3:
SB2C-3 of Bombing Squadron 82 VB-82 pictured after going over the side of USS Charger CVE-30 during training operations off the East Coast
aeroman3:
SB2C-1C of Bombing Squadron Two VB-2 pictured after taking the barrier aboard USS Hornet CV-12
aeroman3:
SB2C-3 of Bombing Squadron Seven VB-7 pictured after barrier crash aboard USS Hancock CV-19
aeroman3:
SB2C-1C of Bombing Squadron Fourteen VB-14 pictured after smashing into 5-in gun turrets after an errant landing on the flight deck of USS Wasp
aeroman3:
SB2C-1C is assigned to Bombing Squadron Two VB-2 operated from USS Hornet during the period March-September 1944
aeroman3:
SB2C-4E of Bombing Squadron 94 VB-94 pictured on deck of USS Lexington CV-16 after a landing accident 1945
aeroman3:
SB2C-4E of Bombing Squadron 87 VB-87 flown by LT JG H Paul Brehm pictured after taking the barrier on flight deck of USS Ticonderoga
aeroman3:
SB2C-4 of Bombing Squadron Twelve VB-12 appears to becoming in too high for a recovery aboard USS Randolph CV-15
aeroman3:
SB2C-3 of Bombing Squadron Seven VB-7 pictured just after its pilot took the cut for recovery aboard USS Hancock CV-19
aeroman3:
SB2C-3 of Bombing Squadron Eighteen VB-18 pictured in the pattern for recovery aboard USS Intrepid CV-11
aeroman3:
SB2C (aka Son of a Bitch 2nd class.... a less than ''affectionate'' moniker) for the Curtiss "Helldiver" on the tarmac at Eppley Airfield In Omaha, Nebraska.
aeroman3:
SB2C (aka Son of a Bitch 2nd class.... a less than "affectionate" moniker) for the Curtiss "Helldiver" on the tarmac at Eppley Airfield In Omaha, Nebraska.
aeroman3:
SB2C (aka Son of a Bitch 2nd class.... a less than ''affectionate'' moniker) for the Curtiss "Helldiver" on the tarmac at Eppley Airfield In Omaha, Nebraska.
