| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 1813 |
| Military Code: | 1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss SBC Helldiver |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss SBC Helldiver |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver |
| C/n (msn): | [ 1813 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | Naval Reserve Aviation Base New York |
| Location | |
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| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 1940 to 6 June 1940 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 407396 |
| Photo Comment |
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BuNo 1813 in flight near New York - NRAB New York was Floyd Bennett Field. This was one of 50 SBC-4s urgently sold to France in June 1940. 44 of the Helldivers were loaded on the French aircraft carrier Bearn in Halifax, having been pulled across the Canadian border at Haulton, Maine to comply with the US Neutrality Act. Upon the fall of France, Béarn put in at Martinique where the aircraft were left to rot by the Vichy administration. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 31 October 2021, and has since been viewed 1231 times. |