Fleet Air Arm, Part 4 - faa43-Helldiver.jpg (1/1) [72K]
Curtiss Helldiver, tested by the FAA in 1944 but turned down flat. One
squadron was equipped with these aircraft but was quickly disbanded.
As I learned when I last posted this photo about 5 years ago, all 26
Helldivers delivered to the FAA were built by Canada Car and Foundry and were
designated by the USN as SBW-1B, equivalent to the Curtiss SB2C-1C
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