Edit00001 ... 00200 Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver
00001 broke up in dive Jan 1943
00005 converted to XSB2C-2 floatplane
00008 converted to prototype SB2C-3
00019 (VS-9) spun-in during bomb practice 1/6/1943
Norfolk, VA county reservoir.
00029 (VB-7) tail failure during dive 4/9/1943 near
Troublesome PT. Va. Crew bailed out.
00068 (VB-7) had engine failure and forced landing
in Dismal Swamp 5/18/1943
00070 (VB-4) suffered structure in dive near NAS
San Diego, CA 2/31/1943.
00072 (VB-17) in landing accident on USS Bunker Hill
9/11/1943. Jettisoned.
00090 (VB-17) in landing accident on USS Bunker Hill
9/12/1943. Jettisoned
00092 (VB-20) in engine failure N of NAS San Diego
11/24/1943. 2 crew bailed out.
00133 (VB-14) ditched 2 miles west Kaena Pt, HI
4/28/1944.
00184 (VB-17) overside landing USS Bunker Hill
10/19/1943.
Edit00201 ... 00370 Curtiss SB2C-1C Helldiver
Part of original SB2C-1 order completed as SB2C-1C.
00202 (VB-83)weather problem 1 bailed out 20 mi N of
Wildwood, NY 6/2/1944.
00223 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
00285 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
00306 (VB-14) in mid-air collision 3 mi south of Pearl
Harbor 4/7/1944.
00323 (VB-3) ditched off NAS Kalalui 5/15/1944.
Later recovered
00338 (VT-8) ditched off Hornet 10/1/1942 due to fuel
exhaustion. Crew rescued by USS MacFarland.
01008 ... 01215
EditCurtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver 01209/01215 cancelled
01170 (VB-70) forced landed in desert, Ocotillo target
range 12/24/1943.
Edit03862 ... 04148 Curtiss SB2C-2 Helldiver
Contract cancelled
Edit18192 ... 18598 Curtiss SB2C-1C Helldiver
18201 (VB-13) spun in while landing on USS Franklin 2/30/1944.
18206 (VB-13) ditched after takeoff from USS Franklin 3/25/1944.
18207 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
18237 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
18248 crashed at NOTS Inyokern Aug 21, 1944. Lt Armitage was the pilot and the airfield
at NOTS China Lake was renamed in his honor.
18321 (VB-11) crashed and burned near NAS Hilo
5/23/1944.
18343 (VB-3) ditched 25 mi S of NAS Kahalui 5/15/1944
18387 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
18435 (VB-2) in midair with 18444 New Guinea 4/21/1944
18441 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
18444 (VB-2) in midair with 18435 New Guinea 4/21/1944
18461 (VB-2) jettisoned after landing accident USS
Hornet 6/2/1944.
18469 (VB-2) crashed Gila Bend, Az 2/16/1944 when wing
folded in flight.
18483 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
18488 (VB-13) stalled on takeoff from USS Franklin
4/1/1944.
18490 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
18511 (VB-80) stalled in turn off Currituck Beach
Lighthouse 4/9/1944.
18512 (VB-2) list in bomb run New Guinea 4/21/1944.
2 crew MIA.
18527 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
18580 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
18597 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
Edit18599 ... 19710 Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver
18603 (VSB, OUT 1) force landed in swamp near
Jacksonville, FL airport 5/24/1945 and burned.
18620 and 18621 modified as XSB2C-6
18624 crashed at Oak Grove Air Field, New Bern, NC Feb 17, 1945.
18643 spun in on waveoff from USS Charger CVE-30
in Chesapeake Bay 6/1/1944.
18681 wing failed during dive pull out near NAS
Cecil Field 10/8/1945. 2 killed.
18699 (VB-98) ditched during landing near carrier off
San Nicholas Island, CA 12/12/1943.
18729 spun in on takeoff Cecil Field 22/2/1945.
18766 spun in on landing at Branan Field 4/22/1945.
18919 (VB100) hit barrier 6/6/1945, USS Saratoga
18967 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
19075 at Chino, CA registered as N4250Y. Noted spring 2004 at Yanks Air Museum,
Chino, CA awaiting restoration.
19084 force landed NAS Vero Beach 7/9/1945.
19143 dove in during practice NAS Cecil Field
5/17/1945. 2 killed
19172 (VB-88) in runway collision 5/29/1945
19204 stalled in turn for landing NAS Kahalui 6/10/1945
19262 force landed after takeoff 8/29/45 NAAS Cecil Field.
19341 (VRF-2) force landed near Port Columbus, OH 6/12/1944
19426 mechanical failure 5/14/1945, Guam
19450 (VB-88) in midair near Medinilla Island, South
Pacific 5/31/1945. 2 killed
19495 lost due to unknown cause 6/20/1945, Guam
19518 hit barrier 7/15/1945 aboard CVE-60
19522 force landed in field near NAAS Cecil Field
7/5/1945
19640 (VB-99) in non-combat accident 6/9/1945, Saipan
19671 ground looped on takeoff and burned 5/5/1945,
Meacham Field, TX.
Edit19711 ... 21191 Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver
19732 (SB2C-4E, VB-84) in hard landing 4/28/1945,
Bunker Hill
19737 in mid-air collision with SNJ near NAS Pasuilo,
South Pacific 12/12/1945. 2 killed.
19739 hit barrier 3/19/1946 CVE-67 Solomons
19756 (VB-100) tail failed on dive pullout over
Molokai, HI 6/27/1945. 2 bailed out.
19757 stalled on landing Branan Field, FL 4/5/1946
19761 (VB-17) hit barrier on landing Hornet 4/25/1945
19769 (VB-83) in mid-air during combat mission 4/26/1945
Okinawa
19774 (VB-9) crash-landed due to damage by own bomb
blast Okinawa 4/22/1945.
19800 (VB-9) crashed on takeoff from Yorktown 5/11/1945.
One killed, one OK.
19804 (VB-9) crashed into water off Yorktown 5/11/1945
19806 (VB-9) taxied into island 5/4/1945, Yorktown
19832 suffered structural failure on dive pullout near
NAS Cecil Field, FL 11/30/1945. 2 killed.
19838 (VB-98) lost on takeoff from Los Alamitos
4/28/1945. 2 crew missing.
19846 (VB-14) in hard landing on Ranger 4/20/1945
19878 suffered structural failure in dive near Deland
NAS, FL 7/16/1945. 1 killed.
19886 (VB-14) ditched in Otay Lake, CA 5/28/1945. 3
crew OK
19924 (VMSB-474) midair near MCAS El Toro, CA 6/8/1945.
2 crew killed
19938 (VMSB-474) force landed after takeoff from MCAS
El Toro, CA 5/17/1945. Engine failure 9/26/1945
NAS Deland, FL and undershot landing.
19949 (VS-61) ditched near Peleliu Island 4/22/1945.
19955 wing folded during landing at NAS Puunene, HI
7/22/1945. 2 killed
19959 stalled on takeoff 8/29/1945 NAS Deland, FL.
19967 forced landed 8/13/1945 NAS Daytona Beach, FL
19975 spun in on landing at NAAS New Symrna, FL
11/9/1945. One killed.
19977 (VB-94) taxi accident NAS Kahalui, HI 5/21/1945.
19979 collision with obstacle Saipan, South Pacific
6/6/1945.
19981 (VMSB-343) hit water and exploded near Midway
Island 5/3/1945. 2 killed.
20004 VMSB-244) crashed in dive bomb run on enemy
position with no flaps 6/14/1945, Philippines.
1 killed
20009 (VB-92) spun in on landing Kobler Field, Saipan
7/25/1945.
20033 (VB-83) spun in off bow during launch Essex
7/25/1945. 2 killed
20036 (VB-88) ditched at sea off Leyte Island 6/27/1945.
20040 (VB-97) force landed after takeoff 6/8/1945
Grosse Island NAS, MI
20049 (CASU-5) emergency landing at Palo Alto
Airfield, CA 7/13/1945.
20066 stalled on landing at NAS Deland, FL 1/10/1946.
20077 (VB-9) crashed after takeoff from Yorktown
6/7/1945. 1 killed.
20080 (VB-88) mechanical failure Yorktown 8/27/1945
20086 (VB-2) hard landing Manila Bay CVE-61 5/20/1945.
20088 (VBF) stalled on waveoff from NAS Deland, FL
20105 (VB-2) overside landing Ticonderoga 5/6/1945 and
broke in half. Pilot OK, one killed
20108 (VB-98) force landed into trees near Los Alamitos,
CA 5/18/1945.
20111 (VMSB-333) in midair with 20113 near Barbers Pt,
HI 6/6/1945. 2 killed
20113 (VMSB-333) in midair with 20111 near Barbers Pt,
HI 6/6/1945. 1 killed.
20115 wheels sup landing at NAAS Herlong, FL 5/10/1946.
20128 flew into another aircraft's slipstream, crashed
and sank Solomons CVE-67 11/20/1945.
20135 forced landing on approach to NAS Deland, FL
12/7/1945.
20136 (VMSB-474) swerved off runway on landing at MCAS
El Toro, CA 5/28/1945.
20143 ditched in takeoff rom Solomons CVE-67 10/29/1946.
20148 (VB-100) overshot landing on Corregidor CVE-58 and
hit barrier 9/27/1945
20164 (VMSB-331) ditched Majuro, South Pacific 11/28/1945.
20167 undershot landing at Brandon Field, Fl 11/28/1945.
20170 stalled on waveoff landing at NAS Jacksonville, FL
and crashed into St Johns River 3/6/1945. 2 killed.
20182 (VB-151) swerved off deck in landing on Charger
5/21/1945 and sank with pilot 5/21/1945.
20183 (VB-18) went into inverted spin during bombing
practice off NAS Quonset Point, RI 2/19/1946.
2 crew killed.
20208 fire in midair near NAAS Cecil Field, FL and
crew bailed out 11/19/1945.
20250 (VB-2) in hard landing on Ticonderoga 5/7/1945.
20264 swerved off runway at Orote Field, Guam 7/4/1945.
20274 dove into water during practice bombing near
NAS Deland, FL 10/2/1945. Pilot killed
20286 (VMSB-231) swerved off runway during landing
Majuro, South Pacific 6/20/1945.
20298 (VB-8) force landing in cane field near NAS at
Oahu, HI. 6/29/1945.
20309 (CASU-24) nosed over in landing at NAS Cape May,
NJ 6/5/1945.
20317 mechanical failure on non-combat mission in west
central Pacific 7/17/1945.
20322 VB-19 03.07.45 Takanis Bay CQL;Hard landing & went over bow
20323 VS-66 Ens.Eugene M.Stegman 28.07.45 Sp,Mille Atoll Alu
Isl,Mille Atoll,Marshall Isl's;stalled in tight turn during strafing
attack at 300';2/sank with acft
20329 VB-19 31.05.45 Ca,Cotati FCLP;Cotati Fld;Landing
aacc,burned
20334 VBF,ATU#2 30.11.45 Fl,Deland NAS force-landed;5mi.S,NAS
20337 CQTU 15.20.46 Fl,Jax FCLP;Bronson Fld;spun-in landing
20386 VMSB-474 2nd.Lt.Darrel R.Ludwig 08.06.45 Ca,El Toro MCS
Mid-air;1.5mi.W,MCAS;nite sqd tactics;2/killed
20394 VJ-2
13.10.45 Wa,Seattle NAS FCLP;Spun-in landing
20404 VSB,OTU#1 20.02.46 Fl,Jax NAS Eng
failure,1/bailed;262deg.15mi.NAS
20406 CQTU Ens.Harry J.McReynolds 01.03.46 Fl,Pensacola
Bronson fld;FCLP;spun-in landing;1/killed
20436 VBF, OTU#2 10/26/1945 Fl,Deland NAS eng failed during
landing approach, force-landed; 1mi.W,NAS
20444 VSB,OTU#1 Lt.Pfaeffle Simson 09.05.46 Fl,Jacksonville
Tail tore off in dive on bomb target;10mi.NAS Chaffee target;1/killed
20453 VBF,OTU#1 18.09.45 Fl,St.Catherines Isl Force-landed on
bch in shallow water
20454 VSB,OTU#1 29.01.46 Fl,Jax NAS Ground-looped landing
20456 VRF-3 2nd.Lt. W.E. Ohlemacher missing 7/16/1945 Seven Oaks, CA.
Plane found by US Forest Service while fighting a fire.
Plane buried except for engine which was taken to
NAS Terminal Isl;2mi.W,7 Oaks; hit mtn; 2/killed
20476 VB-58 30.04.45 Cv NCQL;hit Isl landing
20489 VBF,OTU#2 19.11.45 Fl,Deland NAS force-landed;2.5mi.E,NAS
20500 VSB,OTU#1 21.11.45 Fl,Jax Flew into ground on nite
take-off;108deg.6mi.NAAS Cecil Fld Control Tower
20501 VB-13 24.04.45 Ca,Vernalis NAAS FCLP;spun-in landing
20502 VB-4 15.06.45 Ca,Morgan Hill force-landed,fire
20514 CQTU 25.02.46 Fl,Pensacola FCLP; Bronson
fld;ground-looped landing
20516 VBF,OTU#1 14.09.45 Fl,Daytona Bch NAS stalled landing &
hit trees
20540 VB-12 21.04.45 Randolph Okinawa;Hit barrier landing
20542 VB-82 18.05.45 Bennington Okinawa;hit barrier landing
20543 (VB-85) demolished after it struck and somersaulted over the flight
deck barricade onboard USS Shangri-La Feb 3, 1945.
20548 VB-11 19.05.45 Nv,Fallon NAF Overshot on take-off
20551 VB-82 Lt(jg).H.A.McBride 20.04.45 Sp,Empire Combat
mission; tail sheared off by another VB acft during rendezvous,
following attack;1/killed
20556 VB-88 24.05.45 Makassar Strait CVE-91 hard landing
20564 CASU(F)12 14.08.45 Sp, non-combat-mission;mech failure
20579 VB-82 29.05.45 Bennington F4U-1D taxied into this plane
while parked
20591 VSB,OTU#1 04.02.46 Fl,Jax NAS During dive bomb run, eng
failure, force-landed in wooded area;272deg.21mi.NAS
20610 VBF,OTU#2 10.10.45 Fl,Deland NAS NAS Aux
Fld; ground-looped landing,gear failed
20615 CQTU 18.02.46 Solomons CVE-67 CQL';landing acc,hit Isl
20619 VMSB-331 4th.MAW 1st.Lt.Charles R.Jameson 11.05.45
Sp, Majuro NAB#3234;take-off & crashed at sea;2/missing
20625 VB-14 24.07.45 Saratoga hard landing,hit isl & was
jettisoned
20635 CQTU 23.04.46 Fl,Jax FCLP;Brandon Fld;spun-in landing
20656 VB-12 4/21/1945 Randolph Empire; take-off ditched
20661 VBF,OTU#2 10/3/1945 Fl,Deland NAS take-off-eng
failure, force-landed in swamp; 360deg.3mi.NAS
20674 CATU 3/12/1946 Fl,Pensacola FCLP;Bronson Fld; swerved off
runway landing & nosed up
20682 VB-88 05.09.45 Yorktown Mech failure
20694 VB-16 02.07.45 Randolph Empire;mech failure-ditched
20708 VB-82 28.05.45 Bennington Empire; combat
mission;spun-in on take-off
20720 VB-6 18.06.45 Hancock WCP;non-combat-mission;pilot
failure
20721 VB-92 Lt.John H.Lohm 29.05.45 Hi,Oahu Spun-in during
rocket run; Kaona Pt;2/killed
20727 VB-12 04.05.45 Randolph Okinawa,Shima;Barrier
20729 VB-12 29.04.45 Randolph Okinawa;Barrier landing
20731 VB-16 04.08.45 Randolph Empire;non-combat-mission;mech
failure
20737 VB-6 18.07.45 Hancock Empire;Combat mission;deck acc
20748 VB-83 15.07.45 Essex Combat mission;barrier
20757 VB-87 02.07.45 Ticonderoga CV-14 stalled on take-off
20775 VB-16 10.07.45 Randolph Empire;structural damage from
high "G" pull-out
20786 VB-17 Ens.John F.Kennedy 10.01.46 Nv,Fallon barrel roll
at 1000',hit water in Carson Sink;1/killed
20787 VB-82 11.05.45 Bennington Empire;combat mission;bridle
slipped during catapult,fell over bow
20794 VB-16 02.07.45 Randolph Empire;mech failure-ditched
20797 CASU-31 04.08.45 Hi,Hilo NAS Hit top of bldg
landing in x-wind
20804 VB-85 04.09.45 Thetis Bay CVE-90 transfer from
Shangri-La to Thetis Bay;hit barrier landing;250mi.SE,of Honshu,japan
20824 Ferry 18.02.46 Ms,Jackson Overshot landing,South
Jackson airport
20837 VMSB-245 28.08.45 Sp,Ulithi Atoll anti-sub
patrol; take-off,ditched
20842 VB-83 20.06.45 Essex Phillippines;pilot failure
20845 VB-16 Ens.L.A.Whitaker 14.07.45 Randolph combat
mission;take-off,crashed;2/killed
20856 VB-83 28.07.45 Essex Empire;combat mission;prop
failure,ditched
20857 Ferry Lt.Joseph E.Kane 10.07.45 Ca,San Diego lower side
of cockpit came off hit pilot in head,he slumped over ,plane went into
spiral;this was viewed by another Pilot;1/a
20867 VB-9 10.06.45 Yorktown Spun-in landing,sank
20893 VB-82 28.05.45 Bennington Empire;combat
mission;spun-in on take-off
20893 VB-82 28.05.45 Bennington Empire;Combat
mission; spun-in on take-off
20905 VB-8 Lt(jg).Thomas H.Kelly 11.07.45 Hi,Molokai mid-air
during glide bomb run,off NE, point of Molokai isl;2/killed
20928 VB-8 Wns.Walter C.Gudjohnsen 11.07.45 Hi,Molokai
Mid-air during glide bomb run off NE,point of Molokai Isl;2/killed
20929 VB-1 18.07.45 Sp, Strike on Tokyo;spun-in on take-off
20934 VB-94 25.07.45 Lexington Empire; Combat mission; unk
cause
20939 VB-97 30.08.45 taxi acc at fld
20946 CASU(F)12 14.08.45 Sp, non-combat-mission;mech failure
20953 VB-87 13.08.45 Sp, Empire;combat mission;Unk cause
20969 VB-87 24.07.45 Sp,CV Fuel,ditched
20976 VB-6 09.08.45 Hancock Empire; combat
mission; take-off,ditched
20987 VRF-3 19.05.45 Ca,Red Bluff NAS Alameda to NAS
Pasco,Wa; take-off from Bidwell Fld,eng,1/bailed at 1500'
20990 VB-7 31.07.45 Or,Astoria NAS Spun-in landing
20993 VB-84 30.04.45 Bunker Hill barrier
20995 CASU-5 09.01.46 Shangri-La CV-38 CQL;barrier
20996 SOSU-3 01.08.45 Ca,King City NAS Fire in
air,2/bailed;12mi.NW,NAS
21017 VB-19 03.07.45 Takanis Bay CQL;hard landing
21027 VB-5 Ens.Richard F.Issler 01.11.45 Wa,Pasco NAS late
pull-out during dive bomb run;2/killed
21036 VB-6 Ens.Robert C.Wikstrand 14.07.45 Hancock 40-10-00N
143-27-00E Strike against Hokkaido,Japan;spun-in on take-off;
Pilot killed
21037 VMSB-245 27.08.45 Sp, Ulithi Recon;hit 30' tree during
low alt flt
21040 VMSB-231 MAG-13 2nd.Lt.Harvey K.Snellbacker 16.07.45
Sp, Majuro NAB #3234 Instruments-two aileron rolls starting at
2800' & hit water;2/killed
21050 VB-87 Lt.A.L.Matterson,Jr. 24.07.45 Ticonderoga Spun-in
on take-off with full combat load;Pilot got out and drowned due to
faulty life preserver
21069 VB-13 12.07.45 Ca,Livermore NAS taxi acc
21074 VB-17 08.01.46 Nv,Fallon NAAS spun-in landing
21076 VRF-3 28.03.46 Tx,Dallas NAS NAS Memphis,Tn to NAS
Dallas;wheels up landing,Hensley fld
21077 VB-81 17.07.45 Wa,Pasco FCLP;OLF Pasco;Stalled
on take-off
21078 VB-7 Ens.Winston W.Wilson 31.08.45 Or,Tillamook Missing
on routine flt off Tillamook;2/missing
21079 VB-94 10.07.45 Lexington Empire;combat
mission; take-off, ditched
21102 VRF-3 23.05.45 Astoria NAS, OR Overshot runway
on take-off
21105 CASU(F)12 18.12.45 Sp, non-combat-mission;mech failure
21115 VB-94 20.06.45 Ticonderoga combat mission;wave-off
landing, spun-in
21117 VB-14 12.04.46 Ca,Alameda NAS ditched in San Leandro
Estuary
21126 VB-85 24.07.45 Shangri-La Empire;Combat mission; deck
crash
21151 VF(N),OTU#1 Ens.W.J.Weeks 15.04.46 Americus, GA
X-ctry;fuel-lost-crashed unk cause;4mi.N.Americus;2/killed
21164 VB-85 Lt(jg).Howard E.Eagleston 14.07.45 Shangri-La
Empire; combat mission; attack on enemy installation;2/MIA
21168 VT-74 27.11.45 Atl, Ditched
21182 VB-6 08.07.45 Hancock Empire combat mission; spun-in on
take-off
21186 VB-6 18.07.45 Hancock Empire;take-off,ditched
21189 VB-87 01.05.45 Hi,Maui NAS Kahalui; test flt; Ditched
200yrds.off bch/recovered
Edit21192 ... 21232 Canadian Car and Foundry SBW-1 Helldiver
License-built version of SB2C-1C
21198 converted to SBW-3
21201 and 21202 were SBW-1B for Royal Navy Helldiver I as JW101/JW102
21206 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
21232 converted to SBW-5 - cancelled
Edit21233 ... 21645 Canadian Car and Foundry SBW-3 Helldiver
License-built equivalent of SB2C-3
Edit21646 ... 21741 Canadian Car and Foundry SBW-4E Helldiver
License-built equivalent of SB2C-4E
21710 crasned Jun 19, 1945 in Goose Lake, CA. 2 killed.
Edit31636 ... 31685 Fairchild Canada SBF-1 Helldiver
License built version of SB2C-1C
31644 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
31645 destroyed on ground by crashing PB4Y-1 38766 Aug 9, 1944, Eniwetok.
Edit31686 ... 31835 Fairchild Canada SBF-3 Helldiver
License built version of SB2C-3
Edit31836 ... 31935 Fairchild Canada SBF-4E Helldiver
License built version of SB2C-4E
Edit60210 ... 60459 Canadian Car and Foundry SBW-5 Helldiver
Last 86 planes built on original SBW-1B order completed
as equivalent of SB2C-5.
60210 and 60296/60459 were cancelled
Edit64577 ... 64896 Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver
Serials reallocated from cancelled TDR-1 batch.
Contract also cancelled
Edit64993 ... 65286 Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver
Serials had been reassigned from cancelled TDR-1 contract.
64997 VB-6 08.06.45 Enterprise West Central Pacific; non-combat-
mission; mech failure
64998 VB-87 01.06.45 Ticonderoga Hi,Oahu; non-combat-mission;
mech failure
65006 VB-87 09.08.45 South Pacific, Empire; combat mission; pilot failure
65011 VB-87 25.09.45 Ticonderoga unk cause
65016 VB-17 28.10.45 Nv,Fallon NAF overshot landing
65017 VB-87 29.05.45 Ticonderoga barrier
65018 VSB,OTU#1 Ens.Joseph K.Bing 18.05.46 Fl, Pensacola
Bronson NAAS; spun-in landing;1/killed
65037 VT-97 Ens.C.M.Ford 19.06.45 Mi,Lake Erie
flathatting-plane hit water0bounced & crashed into water;1/killed
65042 VB-75 03.03.46 Cuba,Gtmo Bay FCLp;Leeward Fld;stalled
landing
65047 VB-87 24.07.45 Sp,CV HIt by AAA,ditched nr cv
65050 VB-152 09.05.45 Ct,Groton NAAF NFCLP;Stalled on
wave-off
65070 Ferry 30.01.46 Tx,Texas City Bay Mid-air in fog; 1/bailed
65088 Ferry Lt.Ralph G.Bromwell 30.01.46 Tx, Texas City Bay
Mid-air;1/killed
65111 VB-94 13.08.45 Lexington Empire; combat
mission; collision with an obstacle
65141 lost 09.08.45 South Pacific on combat mission; unk cause
65145 VB-85 04.09.45 Thetis Bay CVE-90 Transfer from
Shangri_la to Thetis bay; Overside landing
65147 VB-87 24.07.45 Sp, CV barrier
65157 VB-6 18.07.45 Hancock Empire; Combat mission; spun-in on
take-off
65158 VMSB-331 4tg.MAW 14.05.45 Sp,Majuro nr NAB
- 3234; Search-fuel-ditched
65160 VB-88 lost 05.09.45 Yorktown due to pilot error
65162 VB-87 28.07.45 Sp,CV ditched
65185 CASU-5 03.01.46 Shangri-La CV-38 landing acc, hit
catwalk
65188 VB-80 30.11.45 Wake Isl CVE-65 CQL; Ditched landing
65194 VB-94 Ens.Francis M.Taylor 15.06.45 Sp,
non-combat-mission;pilot failure;1/killed
65202 VB-6 15.08.45 Hancock Empire;combat mission;spun-in
landing
65212 VB-1 10.07.45 Attack on Tokyo;hard landing
65218 VB-11 22.10.45 Ca,Petaluma
Fuel,force-landed;11mi.W,Petaluma
65222 VB-1 13.08.45 Sp, Attack on Kawasaki, Japan; take-off,ditched
65234 VMSB-331,4th.MAW MAG-44 1st.Lt.Donald W.Modesi II 04.08.45
Sp,Maloelap Atoll Taroa Isl,Maloelap Atoll, Marshalls; Bomb
mission;tail failed on pull-out,sank;2/killed
65264 VB-20 Ens.Lowell M.Watkins 29.07.45 Nc,Cherry Pt.MCAS
Took off from MCAS,went 6mi.& flew into the water at nite;
Albemarle Sound;2/killed
65274 VMSB-932,9th.MAW MAG-34 1st.Lt.James A.Kerr 02.08.45
Nc,Cherry Pt Flew into water straffing;3mi.Sw,Cape
Lookout;2/killed
65286 converted to SB2C-5 prototype.
65286 VB-81 Ens.Nelson E.Carter 26.11.45 Ri,Wakefield Dove-in
during dive bomb run;3mi.W,Wakefield,Wordens Pond;1/killed
Edit65287 ... 65396 Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver
Serials had been reassigned from cancelled
TDR-1 contract. Contract also cancelled.
Edit65397 ... 65732 Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver
cancelled contract
Edit75218 ... 75588 Curtiss SB2C-1A Helldiver
A-25As 42-79977/80116, 42-80191, 42-80192, 42-80195/80423 transferred from U. S. Army
75316 VMSB-454 22.03.44 Ca,Camp Pendelton in mid-air collision
75319 MBDAG-41 10.04.44 Ca,Salton Sea Dove-in during dive
bomb practice 10mi.W of Salton Sea
75448 dumped at NAS Barbers Point, HI. Remains acquired 2000 by
Mike Rawson and believed used in restoration of SB2C 76805.
75498 crashed 16 mi NW of MCAS El Toro, CA Sep 3, 1944.
75525 crashed on Plano Trabuco, Orange Co, CA Nov 24, 1944.
75552 SOC after hard landing and stripped for spares, burned, and dumped in
Lake Washington. Recovered during 1980s and acquired 1990 by Mike
Rawson and believed used in restoration of SB2C 76805
75579 VMSB-454 26.05.44 Ca,El Toro MCAS test hop; Vertigo in
clouds 10mi.S of MCAS
Edit76780 ... 76818 Curtiss SB2C-1A Helldiver
A-25As 42-80424/80462 from U.S.Army
76805 (42-80449) stripped for spares, burned, and remains dumped
in Lake Washington, Seattle. Recovered during 1980s and
acquired 1990 by Mike Rawson, who began a resoration,
believed incorporating parts from 75448 and 75552.
Purchased by USAF Museum in 2001 and restoration under
way for display in USAF Museum, OH as an A-25. Restoration
place on hole, moved to USAF Museum Jun 2008.
Edit82858 ... 83127 Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver
83127 converted to XSB2C-5
82861 VB-153 12.05.45 De,Georgetown NAAS. FCLP; Stalled
on landing
82865 VB-18 04.02.46 Ri,Quonset Pt.NAS Overshot landing
82871 VB-81 10/5/1945 Ri,Westerly Sqd return from
wash,DC;fuel,forced-landed;5mi.W,Westerly
82895 VMSB-932, 9th.MAW MAG-34 12/17/1945 Nc,Oak Grove MCAAS. Eng failed landing,force-landed
82907 VB-15 10/10.1945 Hornet 21-28-00N 156-00-00W take-off,ditched
82913 VF(N),OTU#1 03.04.46 Fl,Vero Bch NAS stalled on wave-off landing
82933 CASU-5 11.01.46 Shangri-La CV-38 CQL; Ditched landing
82939 CASU-5 1/17/1946 Shangri-La CV-38 Barrier
82946 VB-5 01.12.45 Wa, Pasco NAS. Stalled landing at Brown Fld
82950 VJ-2 8/31/1945 Mn,Shelton NAAS stalled landing
82955 VS-69 6/10/1945 Hi,Oahu anti-sub patrol; stalled landing, NAS Barbers Pt.
82961 VB-1 6/29/1945 Sp,CV Overside landing; gunner was killed
82964 VB-87 06/06/1945 Ticonderoga. Rolled off deck
82966 VB-97 Crashed 5 mi NE of Waterford, PA Sep 10, 1945 on cross country Harrisburg,Pa to Grosse Ile
NAS,Mi; 2 killed.
83000 VB-15 10/11/1945 Hornet CV-12 Simulated attack on cv; hard landing
83003 VSB,OTU#1 Ens.Richard G.L.Prather 3/22/1946 NAS Jacksonville. Flew into ground during glide
bomb run & exploded; 183mi.33mi.NAS; 2/killed
83004 Ferry 3/28/1946 Ca, El Centro NAAS take-off,force-landed
83023 IAETU-LANT 06.08.45 Ri,Quonset Pt.NAS crashed on takeoff 30yds off shore
83024 VB-11 07.08.45 Tankanis Bay CVE-89 Eng failed on take-off,ditched
83048 VB-150 23.05.45 Nc,Edenton NAS stalled landing
83050 XVJ-25 6/24/1945 Va,Franklin NAAS
Sta; NAS Brunswick,Me; stalled on take-off at 500'
83050 VMSB-931 9th.MAW 6/27/1945 Nc, Oak Grove Fld landing acc at nite
83056 VB-75 3/1/19.46F.D.R. CVB-42 19-57-00N 074-20-00W Flew into water on take-off
83064 VJ-5 06/8/1945 Nj, Cape May NAS stalled on take-off.
83074 VF(N),OTU#1 04/3/1946 Fl, Vero Bch NAS Spun-in
during force-landing;4mi.NW,Ft.Pierce
83080 ASDEV-LANT Ens.Kenneth W.Barnes 12/13/1945
Ri, Charlestown NAAF spin due to tight turn at
1400';339deg.8mi.NAAF;2/killed
83121 VMF(N)531 MAG-53 T/Sgt.Robert H.Brink,Jr.
12/12/1945 Tx,Chico Familiarization
flt;2600';2mi.Se,Chico;2/killed
Edit83128 ... 83751 Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver
83479 owned by NASM. On display at National Museum
of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL.
83589 with Confederate Air Force as NX92879
83137 Test 11/1/1945 Md, Pax Riv NAS Hit trees
landing
83143 VB-86 Lt(jg).Robert Johnson 7/3/1945 Hi,
0-50-00N 160-02-00W Mid-air during dive bomb run
on towed spar;2/killed
83152 VB-3 7/22/1945 Va,Norfolk Fentress
Fld;FCLp; Stalled during landing
83154 VB-86 8/9/1945 Sp, 38-00-00N 144-30-00E
spun-in on take-off
83156 CASU-12 7/31/1945 Sp,Guam Orote Fld;Force-
landed on ground,burned
83163 CASU-6 1/7/1946 Ca, Cotati NAAS take-off,force-
landed
83166 VB-100 1/14/1946 Hi,Oahu FCLP,NAS Barbers Pt;
stalled on wave-off
83173 VB-13 8/13/1945 Saratoga CV-3 overside landing
at sea
83179 VB-18 Ens.Gaby James 5/24/1945 Ca, San
Diego 14,000'dive.no pull-out;10mi.SW,NAAS Ream
Fld; 2/killed
83186 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83190 VB-89 7/17/1945 Sp, ECP;non-combat-mission;unk
83204 VB-8 Ens.Barry Strong,Jr. 7/18/1945 Hi,Oahu
simulated attack on USS Pennsylvania BB-38;
15T.,26mi.Kakapuu Pt;2/missing
83206 to Thailand in 1951 as J3-1/94. SOC Apr 1955
83208 VB-89 5/30/1945 Atl, Acticta 15-50-00N 075-25-00W
take-off ditched
83209 VB-89 8/27/1945 Antietam CV-38 18-58-00N 143-47-
30E ferry stalled landing
83211 VB-89 6/8/1945 Atl, 23-19-00N 111-51-00W
Mid-air; 1/killed
83224 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83225 CASU-54 (VB-17) Ens.Robert R.Kinsey 1/30/1946
8000'spin; 1/killed
83226 VB-10 11.09.45 Intrepid unk cause
83237 VB-86 Lt(jg).Frank J.Shirley 7/14/1945 19-17-00S
178-13-00W Eng failed on take-off,rolled off
deck;2/killed
83241 VB-19 10/13/1945 Hornet CV-12 taxied off deck
83250 VB-86 Ens.W.C.Spaur 6/27/1945 Hi, 20-56-00N 157-
04-00W structural failure during dive bomb
run;2/killed
83258 VB-100 8/23/1945 Matanikau CVE-101 hard landing
83260 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83264 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83271 VMSB-343 1st.Lt.William Noser 12/8/1945 China,
Laichou Tsingtaao to Teinstain;Flew into Ta-Te mtn
at 12,000; Since accident occured in communist
held territory, no investigation party has been
to scene; 2/killed
83284 VB-2 9/4/1945 Shangri-La CV-38 Wave-off
landing,spun-in.
83289 VMSB-343 03.05.46 China, Tsingtao Tsingtao
harbor; ditched,230deg.7mi. NAB Tsingtao
83296 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83299 to Thailand in 1951 as J3-2/94. SOC Apr 1955
83311 VB-2 9/4/1945 Attu CVE-102 take-off, ditched
83313 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83315 VB-93 Lt(jg).Edward E.Alein 12/2/1945 Boxer CV-21
Flew into cloud-vertigo-crashed & sank;2/killed
83318 VB-14 8/9/1945 Hi, SW of Hawaii; bomb run-ditched
83321 VB-19 10/12/1945 Hornet CV-12 NCQL; barrier.
To Greece in 1949. In Tatoi-Dekelia Museum. Reported 1967 displayed
at Polemico Moussio, Athens.
83327 VMSB-343 S/Sgt.Stacey J.Hammell 12/8/1945 China,
Laichou Tsingtao to Teinstain; Flew into ta-Te mtn
at 12,000; 1/killed
83328 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira). Also have this one as going to Thailand
in 1951 as J3-3/94 and SOC Apr 1955
83329 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83330 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83331 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83339 VB-2 10/2/1945 Shangri-La Stalled on take-off
83340 VMSB-343 2nd.Lt.Kenneth V.Leeper 12/8/1945
China, Laichou Tsingtao to Tienstain;flew into Ta-
Te mtn at 12,000;2/killed
83343 CASU-6 Ens.J.R.McAlmer Ca, High speed stall at
3000',sank;140T.,10mi.NAS Alameda; 1/missing
83350 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83353 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83355 VB-19 8/29/1945 Corregidor CVE-58 CQL; barrier
83360 VB-8 9/21/1945 Sp,Saipan USNAB Kajhan
Pt; Undershot landing
83363 CASU-7 11/30/1945 Wa,Seattle NAS Ditched
1/4mi.shore of runway,in Lk.Wash; recovered
83364 VMSB-343 2nd.Lt.Herbet R.Krurger 12/8/1945 China.
Laichou Tsingtao to teinstain; Flew into Ta-te mtn
at 12,000;2/killed
83370 to Greek AF
83380 VB-86 7/3/1945 Hi, 20-50-00N 160-02-00W mid-air
during dive bomb run on towed spar; pilot
bailed;1/bailed/killed
83393 Test Lt(jg).Mark R.Gilbert 7/24/1945 Va, Dahlgren
USNPG take-off, stalled during force-landing;
1 killed. Wreck recovered in 1993 and used as spare parts
source by NASM. Traded to private owner in 1994 and in early
2004 offered for sale with many spare as restoration project.
83399 VB-10 8/6/1945 Sp, Mech failure
83400 VB-10 9/27/1945 Intrepid Unk cause
83410 (c/n 366) to Royal Thai AF as J3-4/94. At RTAF Museum, Don Maung.
83426 VB-10 8/4/1945 cv Empire;non-combat-mission;
mech failure
83431 VB-100 1/23/1946 Saidor CVE-117 Hi,CQL; barrier
83442 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83451 VB-100 Ens.J.F.Balien 9/21/1945 Hi,Oahu Stalled
during dive bomb pull-out & crashed at Keana
Pt;2/killed
83453 VB-10 8/6/1945 Sp, WCP;combat mission; mech
failure
83458 VB-86 7/23/1945 Sp,CV 31-43-00N 135-04-00W stalled
on take-off
83465 VMSB-244 8/30/1945 Sp,Cotobato mech failure
83468 VMSB-343 2nt.Lt.Robert E.Blount 12/8/1945 China,
Laichou Tsingtao to Tienstain;Flew into Ta-te mtn
at 12,000';2/killed
83474 VMSB-244 9/10/1945 Sp, Pilot error
83479 at National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL. Reported stored
by NASM, scheduled to be first aircraft to be restored in Mary Baker-Engen
restoration hanger at Udvar-Hazy Center.
83480 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83486 MAG-32 2nd.Lt.Earl Parkin 9/17/1945 Sp,Los Negros
Isl Flt Malabang,PI; to Laoag Pt;Flew into mtn
on instruments in bad weather,9000';found on Los
Negros Isl;2/killed
83486 VMSB-244 9/17/1945 Sp, crashed bad weather
83491 VB-150 6/24/1945 Lake Champlain CQL; Stalled on
take-off
83494 VB-150 ferry 6/12/1945 Va,Franklin NAAS
take-off,force-landed;3mi.N,NAAS
83499 VB-3 Ens.Caldwell J.Martin 8/11/1945 Va, Oceana
NAAS Mast head bombing,structural failure,
crashed into ground; 160deg.30mi.NAAS;2/killed
83500 VB-3 11/2/1945 Va, Chesapeake Bay; dive bomb run
on towed target,fuel,ditched nr DD-537;7mi.NW,Cape
Charles City
83506 VB-100 Ens.Eldon L.Willard 7/24/1945 Lake
Champlain 19-24-30N 075-01-30W Stalled during
join-up zt 1100',crashed into water;2/killed
83520 VB-100 1/23/1946 Saidor CVE-117 CQL;Barrier
83521 VB-153 2/25/1946 Va,Oceana FCLP;Fentress
Fld; spun-in landing
83539 VRF-3 ferry 7/13/1945 Ca,San Pedro Alameda-to-
Terminal isl;'Ditched within outer breakwater
83543 VMSB-343 2nd.Lt.LeRoy K.Sheldon 12/8/1945 China,
Laichou Tsingtao to Tienstain;Flew into Ta-Te mtn
at 12,000;2/killed
83589 reported 1962 at Trade School, MT, then ferried to The Air
Museum, Ontario, CA. To Confederate Air Force as N92879 in 1970.
Crashed at Harlingen, TX ca Aug 1985 and subsequently rebuilt by Ezell
Aviation at Breckenridge, TX.
83598 VB-7 Lt.(jg).John S.Long 2/26/1945 Hancock CV-19
Spun-in on take-off;2/ok
83625 VB-20 Ens.Coy A.Stephenson 4/22/1946 Ri,
Charlestown NAAS flew into water landing at
nite;2/killed
83654 VB-4 Ens.Thomas D.Murphy 9/13/1945 Ma, Mansford
Wingover & progressive stall, crashed in
thicket 3 mi west of Mansford; 1/killed
83656 VB-3 5/10/1946 Va,Winchester stalled on take-off
83669 VB-3 5/8/1946 Va, Norfolk Mongram NAAS; FCLP; take-off,
force-landed
83670 VB-4 1/25/1946 Va,Chincoteague NAAS FCLP; hard landing
83690 VB-4 2/28/1946 Tarawa CV-40 19-32-00N 076-13-00W
Dive bomb practice; Take-off crashed
83692 VB-7 2/5/1945 Ca, San Diego Ditched 2 mi. west of Ream
Fld
83696 VB-5 3/14/1946 Va, Oceana NAS in runway collision with
SB2C-5 88565
83702 VB-74 3/28/1946 Ri,Charlestown NAAS FCLP: Ground-
looped on landing
83711 to Thailand as J3-5/94. SOC Jul 1954
83712 VB-98 4/8/1946 Ca,Los Alamitos. Wheels-up
landing 1/2mi.E,of fld
83719 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83721 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83723 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83724 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
83750 20/17/1946 Bennington CV-20 Pearl Harbor;Crane
dropped acft from 20', while off loading
==89120 ... 90019 Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver
89466/90019 cancelled
89132 VB-80 Ens.R.B.Phillips 2/20/19462 Hi, Maui NFCLP;
Fuel 2/bailed over water; Pilot swam ashore 12hrs
later; gunner missing
89134 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89137 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89163 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89174 VB-93 12/5/1945 Boxer CV-21 Stalled landing
89188 VT-74 4/2/1946 Salerno Bay CVE-110 swerved off
deck landing & hit catwalk
89193 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89206 VB-153 4/17/1946 Tarawa CV-40 barrier
89209 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89219 VB-153 10/16/1945 Fl, fuel,ditched at sea; 6mi.E,
Wright Memorial bridge
89224 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89227 VB-3 5/2/1946 Va,Norfolk Mongrahm NAAS;
FCLP; stalled landing
89231 (VB-82) crashed in Atlantic Oct 31, 1946
due to bad CAT shot aboard USS Randolph.
Both crew rescued.
89237 to Greece in 1949.
89250 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89255 To French Navy. Reported 1965 on display at Lann-Bihone, France.
89267 (VB-74) 5/13/1946 Midway CVB-41 16-25-30N 072-30-
30W take-off, crashed
89281 VRF-1 8/30/1945 Pa,Willow Grove NAS
take-off,force-landed
89283 VB-7A Ens.William A.Conrady,Jr. 3/2/1946 Midway
CVB-41 38-58-30N 067-33-00W Spun-in landing;2/ok
89288 VB-74 3/5/1946 Midway CVB-41 43-30-30N 048-24-00W
Take-off,ditched
89293 VT-74 22.04.46 Midway CVB-41 36-53-00N 074-32-
00W eng failure,ditched
89295 VB-74 04.03.46 Midway CVB-41 41-41-30N 053-54-
00W Ditched landing.
89301 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89304 VT-74 Ens.Clinton C.Thorton 3/8/1946
Ri,Charlestown NAAS barrel roll at 4000';
3mi.N,NAAS;1/killed
89320 CASU-21 4/14/1946 Va, Norfolk NAS fuel, force-landed
89350 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89359 VB-75 4/25/1946 F.D.R. CVB-42 26-26-00N 066-55-00W
Overside landing
89381 to Greece in 1949
89386 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89390 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89396 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89398 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89401 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89404 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89429 to Greece in 1949
89442 to Greece in 1949.
89453 to Greece in 1949 (336 Mira)
89458 to Thailand in 1951 as J3-6/94. SOC Apr 1955.
Edit107876 ... 108225 Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver
contract cancelled