Pacific War in Color, pt 3 - Curtiss SB2C Helldivers over Saipan, 24th of August 1944.jpg (1/1)

[Mitchell Holman[_9_]]

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..A relative said that this airplane was short coupled and thus a bear to
land on the carrier. The SB2C earned it's nick name of "Son of a Bitch
Second Class."

[Mitchell Holman[_9_]]

wrote in news:v4idncZYr7sR1kDFnZ2dnUU7-
:

> .A relative said that this airplane was short coupled and thus a bear to
> land on the carrier. The SB2C earned it's nick name of "Son of a Bitch
> Second Class."
>


Everyone hated it. The pilots, the gunners,
the crew, even the LSO's.

But as a replacement for the SBD it was
faster, had longer range, and could carry a
bigger payload. In short, on paper it was a
better airplane and the grumblers just had
to accept it.

[Daniel GREGOIRE[_3_]]

In article >,
Mitchell Holman > wrote:

> wrote in news:v4idncZYr7sR1kDFnZ2dnUU7-
> :
>
> > .A relative said that this airplane was short coupled and thus a bear to
> > land on the carrier. The SB2C earned it's nick name of "Son of a Bitch
> > Second Class."
> >
>
>
> Everyone hated it. The pilots, the gunners,
> the crew, even the LSO's.
>
> But as a replacement for the SBD it was
> faster, had longer range, and could carry a
> bigger payload. In short, on paper it was a
> better airplane and the grumblers just had
> to accept it.

That was the theory, in practice neither speed nor range were really
better than a SBD-6