Smithsonian Magazine - 11.2019

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Dive Bomber

The Curtiss-Wright SB2C Helldiver, the Navy’s last dive bomber, set a World War II


record for most ships destroyed. Read its thrilling story and those of 64 more airplanes


that fought in the war in a new Collector’s Edition from Air & Space/Smithsonian.


NEW! WORLD WAR II IN 65 AIRPLANES follows the chronology of the war to bring readers
the stories of the airplanes that fought the most historic battles and to pass along the lore that has
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Messerschmitts of the Battle of Britain and the innovations that made the Boeing B-29 the ultimate
U.S. weapon, this issue covers the entire war with vivid writing and spectacular photography.

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