SB2C Helldiver A-25 Shrike
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver februarja 1945
Vloga	Strmoglavec
Izvor	ZDA
Proizvajalec/-ci	Curtiss-Wright Fairchild (Canada) (SBF) Canadian Car & Foundry (SBW)
Oblikovalec	Don R. Berlin
Krstni polet	18. december 1940
Predstavljen	December 1942
Upokojen	1959 (Italijanske letalske sile)
Glavni uporabniki	Ameriška mornarica USAAF Francoske letalske sile Tajske letalske sile
Izdelovan	1943–1945
Število izdelanih	7140
Izpeljanke	Curtiss XSB3C

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver je bil ameriški palubni strmoglavec/torpedni bombnik iz 2. svetovne vojne. Proizvajalo ga je podjetje Curtiss-Wright, glavni uporabnik je bila Ameriška mornarica. Letalo je imelo več vzdevkov: Big-Tailed Beast, Two-Cee in Son-of-a-Bitch 2nd Class.

Helldiver je nasledil uspešnega SBD Dauntlessa in je bil kljub večjim dimenzijah hitrejši od predhodnika. Helldiverje so uporabljali na Pacifiku v zadnjih dveh letih vojne. Kljub temu, da je imel probleme s krmarljivostjo, je bil uspešen v bojih. Deloma tudi zaradi visoke usposobljenosti posadk.

Skupno so zgradili okrog 7140 letal.

Podatki iz United States Navy Aircraft since 1911^[1]

Splošne karakteristike

• Posadka: 2: pilot in radio operater/strojničar
• Dolžina: 36 ft 8 in (11,18 m)
• Razpon kril: 49 ft 9 in (15,17 m)
• Višina: 13 ft 2 in (4,01 m)
• Površina kril: 422 ft² (39,2 m²)
• Teža praznega letala: 10547 lb (4794 kg)
• Maks. vzletna teža: 16616 lb (7553 kg)
• Pogon letala: 1 × bencinski radialni motor Wright R-2600-20 Twin Cyclone, 1900 KM (1417 kW)

Zmogljivost

• Maks. hitrost: 295 mph (257 vozlov, 475 km/h) na 16700 ft (5090 m)
• Potovalna hitrost: 158 mph (137 vozlov, 254 km/h)
• Doseg: 1165 milj (1013 nmi, 1876 km) z 1000 lb (450 kg) bomb
• Višina leta: 29100 ft (8870 m)
• Hitrost vzpenjanja: 1800 ft/min (9,1 m/s)

Oborožitev

• Strelno orožje: **2 × 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano-Suiza HS.404 topa v krilih
  • 2 × 7,62 mm M1919 Browning strojnice v repu
• Bombe: v notranjosti: 2000 lb (900 kg) bombs ali 1 × Mark 13-2 torpedo^[2]
  na podkrilnih nosilci: 500 lb (225 kg) bombe

• Curtiss XBT2C
• Aichi D3A
• Blackburn Skua
• Breda Ba.65
• Brewster SB2A Buccaneer
• Douglas SBD Dauntless
• Fairey Barracuda
• Junkers Ju 87 đtuka
• Vultee A-31 Vengeance
• Yokosuka D4Y
• Seznam vojaških letal
• Seznam palubnih letal

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• Andrews, Harald. The Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver, Aircraft in Profile 124. Windsor, Berkshire, UK: Profile publications Ltd., 1967, reprinted 1971 and 1982. No ISBN.
• Bowers, Peter M. Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1979. ISBN 0-370-10029-8.
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• Donald, David (1995). American Warplanes of World War II. London:Aerospace Publishing. ISBN 1-874023-72-7.
• Drendel, Lou. U.S. Navy Carrier Bombers of World War II. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1987. ISBN 0-89747-195-4.
• Ethell, L. Jeffrey. Aircraft of World War II. Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. ISBN 0-00-470849-0.
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Wikimedijina zbirka ponuja več predstavnostnega gradiva o temi: Curtiss SB2C Helldiver.

• "I Ride 'The Beast'." by J. Runyan, Popular Science, February 1945
• The Commemorative Air Force's flying SB2C Helldiver Arhivirano 2004-04-02 na Wayback Machine.
• WW2DB: SB2C Helldiver
• ENS Bob Barnes: Helldivers of the Big E
• "The Greek Civil War, 1944-1949"
• Flight 1943 article
• Interior and exterior spherical panoramas of Commemorative AF flying museum