100 items in this album on 5 pages.
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Helldiver aircraft over Hornet, South China Sea, mid-Jan 1945, photo 2 of 2 | USS Hornet (Essex-class), distance, steaming with USS Independence and USS Enterprise on their way back to Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands, 25 Jan 1945. | SB2C Helldiver of Bombing Squadron VB-81 coming over the fantail of USS Wasp (Essex-class) for a landing, early 1945. Note leading edge wing spoilers, trailing edge flaps, and tailhook all extended. | SB2C-4 Helldivers of Bombing Squadron VB-9 returning to the USS Lexington (Essex-class) after a strike in support of the US Marines on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Feb 1945. |
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TBM Avengers and SB2C Helldivers flying from the carrier Bunker Hill, western Pacific, Feb 1945 | Thirteen SB2C Helldiver dive-bomber from Bombing Squadron VB-3 from USS Yorktown (Essex-class) flying to strike Iwo Jima, 22 Feb 1945. | Aerial photo of the Iwo Jima invasion beach, 19 Feb 1945; note landing craft approaching the beach and the wing of a SB2C-4 Helldiver aircraft from carrier Hancock | Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver with Bombing Squadron VB-80 returning to the USS Hancock after flying close ground support strikes in support of the Marines landing on Iwo Jima, 19 Feb 1945. |
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Overhead view of plane handlers spotting an SB2C Helldiver aboard USS Bennington, early 1945. This view offers a good look at the large surface area of the Helldiver’s tail plane. | Photo of Essex-class carrier USS Randolph taken from the back seat of an SB2C Helldiver that had just launched, Feb or Mar 1945, Pacific | SB2C Helldiver aircraft of US Navy Bombing Squadron 17 preparing for launch from USS Hornet (Essex-class) for strikes against Japan, Mar 1945 | What is left of an SB2C Helldiver on the heavily damaged flight deck of the USS Randolph after a P1Y Ginga special attack bomber crashed into the ship while at anchor in Ulithi Lagoon, Caroline Islands, 11 Mar 1945. |
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Strike photo taken by aircraft from USS Bunker Hill showing an SB2C Helldiver from Bombing Squadron VB-84 over Miyazaki Airfield on southern Kyushu, Japan, 17 Mar 1945 | Kaiyo (center) under attack by SB2C Helldiver bombers from USS Essex, Kure, Japan, 19 Mar 1945; the carrier at bottom was either Amagi or Katsuragi | USS Hornet off Okinawa, Japan, 27 Mar 1945; note various aircraft on the flight deck | Members of United States Navy Bombing Squadron 87 standing in front of a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver at Kahului Naval Air Station, Maui, Hawaii, Apr 1945. |
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SB2C Helldiver pilot checking the dive brakes at the Curtiss factory, Apr 1945 | F6F Hellcat fighter coming up on the Number 3 flight deck elevator on USS Yorktown (Essex-class), early 1945. Note TBM-3 Avengers and SB2C Helldivers also on deck. | SB2C Helldivers flying over USS Essex during the Okinawa campaign, May 1945; USS Bunker Hill, USS Langley, and other vessels in background | SB2C-4E Helldivers with Bombing Squadron 87 flying from USS Ticonderoga, May 1945 |
100 items in this album on 5 pages.