It has sat submerged in more than 85 feet of water at the bottom of Lower Otay Lake, but on Wednesday morning plans call for the Navy SB2C-4 Helldiver that crashed there in 1945 to be salvaged and ...

As the bent prop of the wounded, but still intact Helldiver bomber slowly emerged from Lower Otay Reservoir Friday afternoon, two F-18 Navy Hornets buzzed the lake. Coincidence or tribute? No one was ...

Docent Ashby Taylor tells the story behind the World War II SB2C Helldiver dive bomber inside WestPac Restorations while giving a tour Wednesday, July 24, 2025, at the National World War II Aviation ...

The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver could have been the U.S. Navy’s frontline carrier-based dive bomber for much of World War II, but problems with its development delayed its introduction and saddled it with ...

SAN DIEGO — A rare World War II dive bomber was lifted 90 feet from the bottom of a San Diego reservoir Friday and hoisted to dry land for the first time in 65 years. The SB2C Helldiver aircraft was ...

U.S. Navy divers are currently spending the week off the coast of Florida investigating quite an unusual find: A Curtiss SB2C Helldiver lying upside down approximately 185 feet below the water’s ...

Divers raised a rare World War II dive bomber to the surface of a San Diego reservoir Friday, and a member of the salvage team said the long-sunken aircraft appears to be intact. Dick Frazer, the son ...

A World War II bomber that sat at the bottom of a reservoir for decades is rising again. The Navy SB2C-4 Helldiver sank 90 feet to the bottom of Lower Otay Reservoir 65 years ago. On Wednesday, ...

Click to open image viewer. During World War II, U.S. Navy bombing squadrons flew Helldiver dive-bombers against Japan from November 1943 to the war’s end in September 1945. After a prolonged ...

Salvage divers gently cleared away silt and mud covering a WWII dive bomber buried in the bottom of the San Diego reservoir, carefully working Thursday to lift the rare plane from the water 65 years ...

A rare World War II dive bomber was lifted 90 feet from the bottom of a San Diego reservoir Friday and hoisted to dry land for the first time in 65 years. The SB2C Helldiver aircraft was brought to ...