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CURTISS SB2C HELLDIVER
Variants
XSB2C-1 -
Prototype powered by a 1,700 hp (1,268 kW) R-2600-8 engine
SB2C-1 -
Production version for United States Navy with four 0.50 in (12.7 mm) wing guns and one 0.30 in (7.62 mm) dorsal gun, 200 built.
One of the first production SB2C-1 Helldivers probably pictured at the
Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, New York, on September 8, 1942.
[Source: National Museum Of Naval Aviation]
SB2C-1A -
Original designation for United States Army Air Corps version which became A-25A later used for 410 A-25As transferred to the United States Marine Corps.
SB2C-1C -
SB2C-1 with two 20 mm (0.79 in) wing-mounted cannons and hydraulically operated flaps, 778 built.
XSB2C-2 -
One SB2C-1 fitted with twin floats in 1942.
Photograph of an XSB2C-2 Helldiver configured as a seaplane taken on September 29, 1942.
[Source: National Museum Of Naval Aviation]
SB2C-2 -
Production float plane version, 287 cancelled and not built.
XSB2C-3 -
One SB2C-1 re-engined with a 1,900 hp (1,417 kW) R-2600-20.
SB2C-3 -
As SB2C-1 re-engined with a 1,900 hp (1,417 kW) R-2600-20 and four-bladed propeller, 1,112 built.
S2BC-3E -
SB2C-3s fitted with APS-4 radar.
SB2C-4 -
SB2C-1 but fitted with wing racks for eight 5 in (127 mm) rockets or 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs, 2,045 built.
SB2C-4E -
SB2C-4s fitted with APS-4 radar.
XSB2C-5 -
Two SB2C-4s converted as prototypes for -5 variant.
SB2C-5 -
SB2C-4 with increased fuel capacity, frameless sliding canopy, tailhook fixed in extended position, and deletion of the ASB radar, 970 built (2,500 cancelled).
Plane handlers maneuver an SB2C-5 Helldiver of Bombing Squadron (VB) 95 from an elevator onto the hangar deck on board the carrier Bunker Hill (CV 17) during October 1945.
[Source: National Museum Of Naval Aviation]
XSB2C-6 -
Two SB2C-1Cs fitted with 2,100 hp (1,566 kW) R-2600-22 engine and increased fuel capacity.
SBF-1 -
Canadian built version of the SB2C-1, 50 built by Fairchild-Canada.
SBF-3 -
Canadian built version of the SB2C-3, 150 built by Fairchild-Canada.
SBF-4E -
Canadian built version of the SB2C-4E, 100 built by Fairchild-Canada.
SBW-1 -
Canadian built version of the SB2C-1, 38 built by Canadian Car & Foundry company.
SBW-1B -
Canadian built version for lend-lease to the Royal Navy as the Helldiver I, 28 aircraft built by Canadian Car & Foundry company.
SBW-3 -
Canadian built version of the SB2C-3, 413 built by Canadian Car & Foundry company.
SBW-4E -
Canadian built version of the SB2C-4E, 270 built by Canadian Car & Foundry company.
SBW-5 -
Canadian-built version of the SB2C-5, 85 built (165 cancelled) by the Canadian Car & Foundry company.
A-25A Shrike -
United States Army Air Corps version without arrester gear or folding wings and equipment changed, 900 built
Curtiss A-25A-5-CS Shrike (Serial Number: 41-18787).
[Source: USAAF Photo]
Helldiver I -
Royal Navy designation for 28 Canadian-built SBW-1Bs
[Source: Wikipedia]
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