W.T. LARKINS MEMORIAL COLLECTION
No. 4380. Curtiss 77B SBC-4 Helldiver (1289) US Navy
Photographed at Oakland, California, USA, by W.T. Larkins

Curtiss 77B SBC-4 Helldiver

02/28/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This is aircraft number 1 assigned to Naval Reserve Air Base (NRAB) Oakland, ca. 1940. In June 1940, this NRAB had four SBC-4s used by the Naval Reserve's Scouting Squadron Fifteen (VS-15R) and the Marine Reserve's Scouting Squadron Eight (VMS-8R)."

Read the type remarks on page 11712.


Created July 3, 2005