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    Airframe Family: Curtiss SB2C/SBW Helldiver / A-25 Shrike
    Latest Model:SB2C Helldiver
    Last Military Serial:19866 USN
    Compressed ID:Curtiss SB2C sn 19866 USN
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SB2C.

    4 October 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 19866.

    4 October 1944

    Transferred to Bombing Squadron 84 (VB-84).

    January 1945

    Transferred to Bombing Squadron 14 (VB-14), USS Wasp (CV-18).

    28 May 1945

    Crashed.
    Ditched in Otay Lake, CA due to engine failure. Both crew OK.

    20 August 2010

    Recovered.
    Recovered by A [and] T Recovery.

    2010

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
    Awaiting restoration.
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    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Wreckage seen from a tour bus.
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