Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver
by Steve Ferguson
Title
Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver
Artist
Steve Ferguson
Medium
Painting - Acrylic On Cold Press Illustration Board
Description
Although conceived as a high-wing monoplane, the original design for the Curtiss SBC scout bomber was less than successful. After the monoplane prototype crashed, the SBC was redesigned as a biplane, the last to be built in the United States for combat purposes. The first SBC Helldiver took to the air successfully on December 9, 1935. Fifty of the planes -- in a modified version designated SBC-4 -- were leased to France for use on one of its aircraft carriers. But before any could be flown in combat, that country was overrun by the Germans and the French carrier was diverted to the island of Martinique for the duration of World War II. By the time America entered the war, the SBC had been relegated to training purposes and never saw combat. Depicted here is an SBC-3 assigned to the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown around 1939.
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Artwork Copyright © 1993 Wind River Studios Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved under United States and international copyright laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, transmit, or otherwise exploit the Artwork in any way. Any sale of the physical original does not include or convey the Copyright or any right comprised in the Copyright. WRSH Stock Number XB14324
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