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X-Plane 10.40+ Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver v2. The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was a carrier-based dive bomber aircraft produced for the United States Navy during World War II. Between 1949 and 1954, France bought 110 SB2C-5 Helldiver aircraft to replace their aging SBD-5 Dauntless that had been flying in combat in Vietnam. The French Aeronavale flew the Helldiver from 1951 to 1958. Some of these aircraft were allotted to Escadrille 9F stationed on board the carriers Arromanches, Bois-Belleau and Lafayette, during the First Indochina War. The Helldivers were used to support French troops on the ground during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Credit goes to Beber for the use of his pilot. By Philippe Gastebois.