Portuguese Helldivers

摘要

Post-war, the Curtiss S2B Helldiver found favour with the French, Italian, Hellenic and Portuguese navies, as well as the Royal Thai Air Force. With 24 SB2C-5s delivered to the Armada Portuguesa during the early 1950s, in accordance with NATO's Mutual Assistance Pact, the type was initially expected to be operated in the anti-submarine role. However, while some effort was initially made to forward the type in this tasking, Portugal used them primarily to provide aircrew training before transitioning to other types.