Helldiver Production



Curtiss Helldivers for the Navy were built in a new plant at Columbus, Ohio. The first SB2C-1s were accepted in September 1942, and the final SB2C-5s in October 1945. To meet urgent wartime demands Helldivers were also built by two Canadian companies, Canadian Car and Foundry of Fort William (as the SBW), and Fairchild Aircraft of Longueuil (as the SBF).
A further 900 Helldivers, designated A-25A, were built for the US Army at Curtiss-Wright's St Louis factory. In early 1944, 410 of these were modified for service with the Marine Corps as the SB2C-1A.

XSB2C-1
1758

SB2C-1(200)
00001-00200
conversions:
00005 to XSB2C-2 floatplane
00008 to XSB2C-3
00116 to SB2C-1C

SB2C-1C(894)
00201-00370
01008-01208
18192-18598
31636-31685 (SBF-1)
21192-21231 (SBW-1)
60010-60035 (SBW-1)
conversions:
18308 to XSB2C-5
21198 delivered as an SBW-3

SB2C-3(1675)

18599-19710
31686-31835 (SBF-3)
21233-21645 (SBW-3)
conversions:
18620, 18621 to XSB2C-6

SB2C-4(2415)

19711-21191
64993-65286
82858-83127
31836-31935 (SBF-4E)
21646-21741 (SBW-4E)
60036-60209 (SBW-4E)
conversions:
83127 to XSB2C-5

Note that all Curtiss SB2C-4s from 65012 were produced as SB2C-4Es with APS-4 radar, and that many earlier -4s were converted to this standard

SB2C-5(1056)

83128-83751
89120-89465
60210-60295 (SBW-5)
(60210 was never accepted)

SB2C-1A(410)

75218-75588
76780-76818


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