[Photograph of a Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver Plane]

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Photograph of the front starboard side view of a Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver airplane. It has been identified as USN Bureau of Aeronautics #A8845. -- a Curtiss XO2C-1 Helldiver or Curtis Model 49B VIP transport originally built as XF8C-7. Built as Curtiss Helldiver Cyclone Command, MSN 1 with registration N984V. To US Navy as XF8C-7 Nov 1930, then XO2C-2, later O2C-2 and reverted to XF8C-7. Used by the then Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aviation, David S Ingalls, the Navy’s only World War I ace. Reverted to XF8C-7 before surveyed Mar 1934. It is parked in front of a hangar … continued below

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Photograph of the front starboard side view of a Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver airplane. It has been identified as USN Bureau of Aeronautics #A8845. -- a Curtiss XO2C-1 Helldiver or Curtis Model 49B VIP transport originally built as XF8C-7. Built as Curtiss Helldiver Cyclone Command, MSN 1 with registration N984V. To US Navy as XF8C-7 Nov 1930, then XO2C-2, later O2C-2 and reverted to XF8C-7. Used by the then Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aviation, David S Ingalls, the Navy’s only World War I ace. Reverted to XF8C-7 before surveyed Mar 1934. It is parked in front of a hangar at the Fort Worth Municipal Airport

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Rescuing Texas History, 2014

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William Fuller Collection

William Fuller played a pivotal role in the development of the aviation and airport industry in the DFW area. These photos document his illustrious career as well as the growth of aviation and non-aviation topics in North Texas.

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[Photograph of a Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver Plane], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth531757/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The University of Texas at Dallas.

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