A U.S. Navy Icon Takes to the Skies After a 17-Year Restoration. On their Facebook page, The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum, located in Granite Falls, Minnesota, announced they’d completed a test flight ...

Beginning January 1, 2026, the Commemorative Air Force's West Texas Wing will operate as the CAF Helldiver Squadron, reflecting its mission to preserve and fly one of the world's only airworthy SB2C ...

Between 1943 and 1945, over 7,000 SB2C Helldivers were built. Initially, the aircraft displayed poor handling characteristics—earning a damning report from the waste-focused Truman Committee and the ...

What can be said about this iconic warbird that hasn’t already been said? The Dauntless made its maiden flight on May 1, 1940, and entered into official operational service with the U.S. Navy and U.S.

Click to open image viewer. During World War II, U.S. Navy bombing squadrons flew Helldiver dive-bombers against Japan from November 1943 to the war’s end in September 1945. After a prolonged ...

George "Art" Plumador, 91, of Malone, N.Y., examines the restored Curtiss SB2C Helldiver he flew in during World War II at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center ...

Last November, the Curtiss SB2C-5 moved into its new digs at the Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, where it awaits restoration. Dane Penland It was the last of a dying breed. When the Curtiss SB2C ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During World War II, U.S. Navy ...