Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "The “Other” Other Dragon; North American XB-21" video.

  1. The Douglas B-23 Dragon did have a limited production run of 38, and briefly saw use for maritime patrol on the Pacific coast (afterward some were relegated to training and the rest converted to transports). But that clearly wasn't the Dragon they were looking for.
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  2. It was the Helldiver's USAAF version (the A-25) that reused the Shrike name. Helldiver itself was a name Curtiss used for all 3 of their naval dive bombers. First was a dive bomber conversion of the F8C fighter-bomber biplane, then the SBC scout/dive bomber biplane, and finally the SB2C monoplane that everybody associates with the name. Everybody reuses names, but Curtiss really liked to do it.
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