Second World War

Artifact W2-09: Aircraft Production

Provided by: LCol (Ret’d) R.G. Robert Farrell, RCSigs

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After Pearl Harbour and the ramp-up of the war in the Pacific, Fairchild began building the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, a carrier-borne dive bomber.  In this photo my Father is running up the engine of a newly- built Helldiver.

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