Author Topic: Name This Plane (23) (Read 1942 times)

brady · « **on:** December 22, 2000, 12:49:00 PM »

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Brady

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Sunchaser · « **Reply #1 on:** December 22, 2000, 12:58:00 PM »

SB2C Helldiver, mfd, by Curtiss and intended to replace the Douglas SBD Dauntless.

Known as the Son of a squeak 2nd class by Navy pilots, most preferred the obsolete Dauntless over this Beast.

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When did they put this thing in here and WTF is it for?

juzz · « **Reply #2 on:** December 22, 2000, 01:28:00 PM »

It certainly was one helluva UGLY P.O.S.

SKurj · « **Reply #3 on:** December 22, 2000, 05:57:00 PM »

That thing was as much as hazard to its pilots than anything else.
Sure love to see the dauntless one day in AH

AKskurj

Regurge · « **Reply #4 on:** December 22, 2000, 07:07:00 PM »

Anyone know how the gunner was supposed to shot back in that thing?

It looks like he could only shoot at planes coming from above.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #5 on:** December 22, 2000, 07:11:00 PM »

I think part of the turtledeck retracts into the fuselage to allow a greater field of fire, tho im not 100% sure. Who needs a gunner anyway that thing had Hispanos in the wings, it just needs to HO.

hehe

brady · « **Reply #6 on:** December 26, 2000, 05:03:00 PM »

I just read about the British trials on the type and they wanted nothing to do with it, apparently it had some nasty structural problems.

Brady

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delta · « **Reply #7 on:** December 28, 2000, 12:34:00 PM »

FYI

I saw a flying Helldiver at the Confederate Air Show in Midland Texas in October '99.

Could it be the only one left?

delta