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Old 3rd May 2007, 23:33
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Indeed it is the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, sometimes called 'the Beast'. Disliked when introduced to replace the Douglas SBD Dauntless, one squadron commander claimed SB2C stood for 'Son of a Bitch 2nd Class'. Vice Admiral Mitscher actually wanted to bring back his old SBDs back for a while so distrustful of it was he. It did however give sterling work in its later variants.



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