Keywords: SBC-3 Helldiver VS-3 in flight c1939.jpeg A U S Navy Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver BuNo 0571 assigned to Scouting Squadron Three VS-3 pictured in flight near San Diego California USA The side number 3-S-1 indicates that it is the squadron commander's assigned aircraft Normally assigned to USS Saratoga CV-3 VS-3 flew SBC-3s during the period 1938-1940 The SBC-3 BuNo 0571 ended its life as a ground instructional airframe at Naval Air Station Jacksonville Florida and was scrapped on 31 May 1943 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16033749 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1996 253 078 ca 1938-1940 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Curtiss SBC Helldiver |