Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_SB2C_Helldiver

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a carrier-based dive bomber aircraft
produced for the United States Navy during World War II. It replaced
the Douglas SBD Dauntless in US Navy service. The SB2C was much faster
than the SBD it replaced. The SB2C Helldiver also saw service with the
U.S.Marine Corps (e.g. VMSB-151 AliBaba) flying out of Enjibe Island,
Enewetok Atoll on bombing missions.

Crew nicknames for the aircraft included the Big-Tailed Beast or just
the derogatory Beast, Two-Cee, and Son-of-a-Bitch 2nd Class (after its
designation and partly because of its reputation for having difficult
handling characteristics). Neither pilots nor aircraft carrier
captains seemed to like it.



I remember reading how much carrier crewmen
hated it. "We can repair anything Grumman or
Vought sends us but Curtiss? What is that?"