SB2C Helldiver - The Attack on Yamato Canvas | INCLUDES: Dive Brake Fragment

This fragment of aluminum is a rare relic from the portside, lower dive brake of a Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver, Bureau Number 83393. The dive brake, painted in its distinctive red, was critical in controlling the steep, precision bombing dives that made the Helldiver a formidable weapon during World War II.  Built in 1945, SB2C-5 Helldiver 83393 served briefly with the U.S. Navy before it was lost in a crash during a forced landing on July 24, 1945. The wreckage was recovered by the National Air and Space Museum in 1993 and used as a source of parts for other restoration projects. In 2006, the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Minnesota acquired the remaining pieces of 83393 and began an extensive restoration. SB2C-5 Helldiver BuNo 83393 Port Outboard Dive Brake removed during 2022 restorationUpclose detail of divebrake. This original part was used as a template in the fabrication of new divebrakes By 2024, the aircraft was fully restored and became only the second airworthy Helldiver in exis