Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, a carrier-based dive bomber aircraft during World War 2. Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver aircraft banks over the USS Hornet (CV-12), aircraft carrier before landing, following strikes on Japanese shipping in the China Sea, circa 1945

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USS Hornet (CV-12), Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, a carrier-based dive bomber aircraft during World War 2. Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver aircraft banks over the carrier before landing, following strikes on Japanese shipping in the China Sea, circa mid-January 1945. Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Charles Kerlee, USNR

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