The Curtiss Sb2c Helldiver served the U.
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Improvements were made, however and after 88.
An initial prototype crashed less than two months after its first flight, and a second prototype crashed two months after it first took to the air.
Intended to replace the much smaller Douglas SBD Dauntless and tasked with meeting demanding requirements, the Helldiver suffered from numerous difficulties in its development stage.
Navy as a carrier-based dive bomber during the last two years of World War II.
The Curtiss Sb2c Helldiver served the U.
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