Keywords: Curtiss XSB2C-1 Helldiver prototype in flight c1941.jpg The U S Navy Curtiss XSB2C-1 Helldiver prototype BuNo 1758 during a test flight The aircraft made its first flight on 18 December 1940 but crashed on 8 February 1941 due to an engine failure during a landing approach It sustained damage to the fuselage but was repaired It was destroyed after suffering an inflight wing failure on 21 December 1941 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16035842 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 470 ca 1941 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver |