Keywords: SB2C Thai barge delivery NAN9-51.jpg A Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver is delivered to the Royal Thai Air Force in 1951 The Helldivers were transported to Bangkok on board the U S escort carrier USS Cape Esperance T-CVE-88 and then had to be taken on barges to their destination airfield U S Navy Naval Aviation News September 1951 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1951/Sep51 pdf 1951 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver Aircraft of the Royal Thai Air Force Barges of Thailand Folding wings |