The program suffered so many delays that the Grumman TBF Avenger entered service before the Helldiver, even though the Avenger had begun its development two years later.
Program je trpio mnoge odgode, tako da je Grumman-ov TBF Avenger ušao u serijsku proizvodnju prije Helldiver-a, iako je razvoj Avengera počeo čak dvije godine kasnije.