It has sat submerged in more than 85 feet of water at the bottom of Lower Otay Lake, but on Wednesday morning plans call for the Navy SB2C-4 Helldiver that crashed there in 1945 to be salvaged and ...

It turns out the Helldiver that was a “Beast” to fly also is a monster to lift. That’s what divers are learning about the World War II SB2C-4 Helldiver that has rested at the bottom of Lower Otay Lake ...

A World War II bomber that sat at the bottom of a reservoir for decades is rising again. The Navy SB2C-4 Helldiver sank 90 feet to the bottom of Lower Otay Reservoir 65 years ago. On Wednesday, ...

The Commemorative Air Force West Texas Wing's SB2C Helldiver, one of the last flying examples of this storied World War II dive bomber, has endured its share of trials in recent years. Ed Vesely, ...

A U.S. Navy Icon Takes to the Skies After a 17-Year Restoration. On their Facebook page, The Fagen Fighters WWII Museum, located in Granite Falls, Minnesota, announced they’d completed a test flight ...

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was supposed to be America’s next great dive bomber—but it was so flawed it needed more than 800 design changes. Pilots loathed it, crews feared it, and yet it still went to ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During World War II, U.S. Navy ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A rare World War II Navy dive bomber that was stripped, burned and dumped in Lake Washington during the 1940s returned to the skies July 19 after a decades-long journey from ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. During World War II, U.S. Navy ...