Category: Flight Simulator 2004 - Aircraft Repaints, Textures and Modifications
Italian Air Force, Curtiss S2C-5 'Helldiver'

File Description:
The Curtiss SB2C replaced the Douglas SBD in Nov of 1943, not well received by most Naval Dive Bomber pilots who didn't think it was a fitting replacement for the sturdy reliable and well-liked SBD. It was called the "Son of a Bitch 2nd Class ", "The Beast" and the "Big Assed Bird". All the Italian 'Helldivers' (C-5) were renamed S2 instead SB2 due to the armistice conditions that forbidden Italy to have bombers, for this reason all their bomb-bay were sealed before the delivery. Textures only for two S2C-5 'Helldivers' of the 86th Gruppo Antisom (Antisubmarine Warfare) of the Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force), Grottaglie Airport (TA), Italy, 1954/55 and one of the Italian Navy (M.M.I. Marina Militare Italiana) during the crews initial training at NAAS Cabaniss Field, Corpus Christi TX, 1951. These textures require the new and beautiful FREEWARE FS9 Curtiss SB2C-4 HELLDIVER by Wolfang 'Wolfi' Faber downloadable at http://www.sim-outhouse.com. Repaint by Manuele Villa.