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Description

The Curtiss F11C was one of the last attempts by the Curtiss Corporation to remain a major supplier of fighters for the USN after the introduction into service of the Boeing F4B. If Curtiss was still selling other types of aircraft to the USN; mainly observation or training aircraft; not to have fighters in the front line units meant a lack of prestige for the manufacturer. The Curtiss F11C was then developed with this goal in mind; but it was not a new design as such; being a improvement of previous Curtiss type only and eventually proved to be quite unsuccessful. Shortly after the beginning of its career; the Curtiss F11C was converted into a dive-bomber as BFC and they were used until 1939. As its successor; the Curtis BF2C was a failure; the Curtiss F11C/BFC can be seen as the last true fighter of this manufacturer purchased by the USN. As for the other USN titles of this series; this issue includes each aircraft's history with the full accident reports; which give the best reference on this type for modelers and historians alike.