Category: ww2 USN Aviation

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver (1942) US Navy Dive Bomber (1943-45), 7,140 built The Curtiss SB2C and its “bad rep” A bit…

Grumman F2F (1933) Single seat biplane naval fighter Design Development The outstanding performance of the Grumman FF-1 “Fifi” two-seat multirole…

Curtiss SBC Helldiver (1933) USN Carrier Dive Bomber 1935-1940 (257 built) Curtiss biplane dive bomber The Curtiss SBC Helldiver was…

Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger (1941) US Navy torpedo-bomber (1941-1968), 9,839 built The well named “avenger”, Juggernaut of retribution The Grumman TBF…

Grumman F8F Bearcat (1944) Carrier-based Fighter The last Grumman classic Piston engine Fighter Development and design The F8F was conceived…

USN Carrier-borne piston-engine attack aircraft US Navy (1945-1985), 3,180 built The long-living piston-powered legend Although some of the most prominent…

USN WW2 carrier-borne fighter Single seat naval fighter (1942-48) The legendary 16:1 navy butcher bird The Grumman Hellcat would be…

Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf (1941) USN Torpedo Bomber (1941-44), 181 built. When good enough beats better The Consolidated TBY Sea…

Vought O2U/O3U Corsair (1927) USN/USMC Observation plane (Circa 580 built 1927-33) The workhorse of interwar USN observation The name “corsair”…

Curtiss SO3C Seamew (1939) US Navy Observation Floatplane (1939), 780 built 1942-44 The Curtiss SO3C was supposed to be the…