17-Year SB2C-5 Helldiver Restoration
The Fagen Fighters WW II Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota, has completed a test flight of their 17-year restoration project this summer. The Curtiss-built SB2C-5 Helldiver aircraft, BuNo 83393, was originally built in early 1945 and was delivered to Naval Air Field Newport, Rhode Island. Very shortly after it was transferred to Naval Air Station Dahlgren, Virginia. During flight testing on July 24, 1945, the aircraft crashed, killing the pilot, LTJG Mark Gilbert. The backseater,...
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