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March 30th 17, 02:12 PM
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Pacific War in Color, pt 3 - Curtiss SB2C Helldivers over Saipan, 24th of August 1944.jpg (1/1)
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March 30th 17, 08:16 PM
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Pacific War in Color, pt 3 - Curtiss SB2C Helldivers over Saipan, 24th of August 1944.jpg
..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."
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March 30th 17, 10:15 PM
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Pacific War in Color, pt 3 - Curtiss SB2C Helldivers over Saipan, 24th of August 1944.jpg
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.
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March 31st 17, 11:16 AM
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Pacific War in Color, pt 3 - Curtiss SB2C Helldivers over Saipan, 24th of August 1944.jpg
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
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