Curtiss SBC Helldiver
The Curtiss Helldiver, despite a reputation for being difficult to handle at low speeds, was responsible for the destruction of more Japanese targets than any other aircraft. It joining the Douglas SBD Dauntless as the primary attack/bombing planes for the US Navy. The plane was so valuable in the Pacific theater that the Navy accepted nearly every plane produced.

The Curtiss SB2C single-engine dive-bomber joined the fleet late in 1943, with its first combat mission over Rabaul on November 11, 1943.

A-25
USAAF designation for the Helldiver.

Exports
A total of 26 aircraft (out of 450 ordered) were delivered to the British Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, where they were known as the Curtiss Helldiver I. Postwar, surplus aircraft were sold to the navies of other countries.

Production
Approximately 7,000 were built during WWII.