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Perfect SB2C Helldiver Landing

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

An example of a “Perfect Landing” by an SB2C Helldiver on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier from Naval Aviation News, March 15, 1945. Pilot, landing signal officer, Fly 3 officer and hookman function like precision parts of a well-made machine in … Continue reading →

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SB2C Helldiver Recovered from California Lake

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Divers and salvage crews have successfully raised a WW2 SB2C Helldiver dive bomber from the bottom of a California lake where it crashed in 1945. Now that the plane is free from the mud on the lake bottom, the salvage … Continue reading →

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