Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver adalah sebuah pesawat pembom tukik yang berbasis kapal induk yang diproduksi untuk Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat pada Perang Dunia II. Pesawat tersebut menggantikan Douglas SBD Dauntless dalam pelayanan Angkatan Laut AS. SB2C lebih cepat ketimbang SBD yang ia gantikan.

SB2C Helldiver
A-25 Shrike
Jenis Dive bomber
Negara asal Amerika Serikat
Pembuat Curtiss-Wright
Fairchild (Kanada) (SBF)
Canadian Car & Foundry (SBW)
Perancang Don R. Berlin
Penerbangan perdana 18 Desember 1940
Diperkenalkan Desember 1942
Dipensiunkan 1959 (Angkatan Udara Italia)
Pengguna utama Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat
Pasukan Udara Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat
Angkatan Udara Prancis
Angkatan Udara Kerajaan Thai
Dibuat 1943–1945
Jumlah 7,140
Dikembangkan menjadi Curtiss XSB3C

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  • Forsyth, John F. Helldivers, US Navy Dive-Bombers at War. St. Paul, Minnesota: Motorbooks International, 1991. ISBN 0-87938-493-X.
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  • Stern, Robert. SB2C Helldiver in Action, Aircraft Number 54. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications inc., 1982. ISBN 0-89747-128-8.
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  • Taylor, John W. R. "Curtiss SB2C/A-25 Helldiver." Combat Aircraft of the World from 1909 to the present. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. ISBN 0-425-03633-2.
  • Tillman, Barrett. Helldiver Units of World War 2. London: Osprey Publishing, 1997. ISBN 1-85532-689-2.
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  • Winchester, Jim. "Curtiss SB2C Helldiver." Aircraft of World War II: The Aviation Factfile. Kent, UK: Grange Books plc, 2004. ISBN 1-84013-639-1.

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