Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver
SBC-3 Helldiver scout bombers getting ready for takeoff from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) during maneuvers off the coast of Hawaii in September 1940.
This plane, bureau number 0517, was lost a month later when flotation bags inflated in-flight causing the crew to bail out off Oahu,Hawaii on October 31,1940.
The three aircraft in this photo are from Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6).
Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver
SBC-3 Helldiver scout bombers getting ready for takeoff from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) during maneuvers off the coast of Hawaii in September 1940.
This plane, bureau number 0517, was lost a month later when flotation bags inflated in-flight causing the crew to bail out off Oahu,Hawaii on October 31,1940.
The three aircraft in this photo are from Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6).