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FS2004 Italian Air Force Curtiss S2C-5 'Helldiver' The Curtiss SB2C replaced the Douglas SBD in November of 1943, but was not well received by most dive bomber pilots. 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 of SB2 due to the armistice conditions that forbid 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 in 1951. These textures require the freeware Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver by Wolfang Faber. Repaint by Manuele Villa.