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===U.S. Navy and Marine Corps=== [[File:Curtiss OC-2 Falcon.jpg|thumb|Marine Corps Curtiss OC-2 Falcon, c. 1929]] [[File:Curtiss XF8C-2.jpg|thumb|right|The XF8C-2 prototype]] [[File:Curtiss XF8C-4.jpg|thumb|right|The XF8C-4 prototype]] [[File:Curtiss F8C-5 Formation, circa 1930.jpg|thumb|Curtiss F8C-5 Formation, circa 1930]] [[File:Curtiss XF8C-7.jpg|thumb|right|The XF8C-7]] ;A-3 Helldiver: Registry name of XF8C-8, not adopted by USN. ;A-4 Helldiver: Civil version of XF8C-8 for use by Assistant Secretary of Navy [[David Ingalls]]. Later redesignated XF8C-7. ;XF8C-1: Model 37C variant developed from XO-12; two built for the U.S. Navy. ;F8C-1 Falcon: Model 37C powered by the {{cvt|420|hp}} [[Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp]] radial piston engine; four built in 1928 for the [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]] as light bombers, fighters and observation aircraft, later redesignated '''OC-1'''. ;XF8C-2: Model 49, one prototype for F8C Helldiver. Original crashed on first factory flight and was replaced by Curtiss with a second bearing identical sn. ;F8C-3 Falcon: Second production batch of Navy Falcons; 21 built for USN/USMC in 1928, later redesignated '''OC-2'''. ;XF8C-4: Second Helldiver prototype, modified tail skid assembly. ;F8C-4 Helldiver: Model 49B, production dive-bomber variant for the USN/USMC; 25 built, later designated '''O2C'''. ;F8C-5 Helldiver: Model 49B with ring cowling; 63 built in 1930β31, later designated O2C-1. ;XF8C-6: Two F8C-5s modified with superchargers, slats, and wing flaps; one later modified as O2C-2. ;XF8C-7: Redesignation of A-4 Helldiver, later redesignated XO2C-2. ;XF8C-8: Two prototypes built with canopy-enclosed front cockpit, later redesignated '''O2C-2'''. ;O2C-1 Helldiver: Redesignation of 63 F8C-5; 30 production O2C-1s in 1931. ;O2C-2 Helldiver: Redesignation of XF8C-8s and one XF8C-6. ;XOC-3: One XF8C-1 prototype fitted with a Chieftain engine. ;XF10C-1:O2C-2 re-engined with a R-1510 engine, also temporary designated '''XS3C-1'''.
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