The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for the military in both

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and

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. From 1933 onwards, it was a subsidiary of

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Alphonse (Gaston) (1882–1915) and René Caudron (1884–1959)

Born in

Favières, Somme Favières () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D140 road, from the estuary of the river Somme, some northwest of Abbeville. Railway Favières is served by a ...

to parents who farmed nearby in Romiotte, the Caudron brothers were educated at a college in

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. Gaston, as Alphonse was always known, intended to become an engineer but his education was cut short by health problems; René was interested in the development of mechanics and was a sportsman. After military service in an artillery regiment, they returned to work on the farm. They began to build their first aircraft, a large biplane, in August 1908. Initially unable to obtain an engine, they flew it as a glider, towed by a horse, and tested it through the summer. In September 1909, they finally flew it under power. By April 1910, they were able to make a return flight of to

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. Gaston Caudron died in an aircraft accident on 15 December 1915 at the airfield at

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. René continued in the aircraft business until the fall of France at the start of

. He died in 1959.

Caudron Frères and Caudron-Renault

Needing a more convenient base than the farm, the brothers established their factory in nearby

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, on the eastern side of the Somme estuary about from Abbeville and with a broad, flat, firm, south facing beach ideal for flying. They set up a flying school there which was functioning by 19 May 1910. This activity flourished and by early 1913 a second school had been set up at

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with a combined capacity of 100–250. The War Ministry sent about 30 student pilots there in 1913. By then the company was based at Rue, Somme. During World War I, the company moved its production to

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and

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, as the Somme plant was too close to the battle front. Designers of many aircraft like the two-seater Caudron G.3 that successfully landed on

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in 1921, Caudron produced the

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in which thousands of pilots got their first flying licence. The Caudron plants at Lyon and Issy-les-Moulineaux produced nearly 4,000 airplanes during World War I. In 1920, the Lyon plant stopped assembling and the Issy-les-Moulineaux site was consolidated as the headquarters and main production base. In 1933, Caudron was acquired by

, following pressure from the French Air Ministry, which was seeking consolidation in the aircraft industry. At the time, Renault was increasing its involvement in the aviation field. Renault took a controlling 55% stake while René Caudron kept the remaining 45%. both the Société des Avions Caudron and Renault's aircraft engine branch were integrated into the Renault Aviation division led by

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(as top manager),

Marcel Riffard Marcel Riffard (1886–1981) was a French aeronautical engineer. In the 1930s, while working at the design department of Caudron-Renault Groupe Renault ( , , , also known as the Renault Group in English; legally Renault S.A.) is a French ...

(as aircraft body chief designer) and Charles-Edmond Serre (aircraft engine chief designer). The Issy-les-Moulineaux plant improved synergies with the Billancourt engine plant, as both were in the Paris area. In 1937, Renault bought out René Caudron's minority stake. Renault Viva Boucher

As part of Renault, Caudron centred on producing light, sportier aircraft powered by either

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or inline-six cylinder engines, mirroring its automotive range at the time. Riffard was an expert on streamlined designs, which helped to achieve good speeds on low power. Caudron-Renault aircraft set several records in the 1930s. In August 1934, Hélène Boucher, on board her C 450, achieved the world record average speed for 100 kilometres, 1000 kilometres, and the world female speed record. In December 1934,

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got a land aircraft world speed record of 505 km/h on board his C 460. According to ''

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'', by November 1935 Caudron-Renault was producing the following models: the C 272-3 ''Luciole'' (2-seat light biplane aircraft), the C 282-8 ''Phalene VIII'' (4-seat light monoplane), the C 360 (monoplane), the C 366 ''Atalante'' (a monoplane based on an earlier model), the C 440 (twin-engined low-wing cabin monoplane), the C 450 (1-seat racing monoplane), the C 460 (1-seat racing monoplane) and the C 530 ''Rafale'' (high-performance, 2-seat light monoplane). By 1936, Renault was hit by the Great Depression and, in 1938, it spun off Caudron-Renault into a separate, autonomous subsidiary in order to focus on its core automotive business. After France was occupied by

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during World War II, Caudron-Renault produced trainers, auto bodies, Messerschmitt aircraft parts,

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s the Caudron's Simoun and Goéland ranges, the

Siebel Si-204 The Siebel Si 204 was a small twin-engined transport and trainer aircraft developed in World War II. It was based on the Siebel Fh 104, Fh 104 Hallore. Originally designed in response to an Ministry of Aviation (Germany), Ministry of Aviation de ...

, for the

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. It also repaired aircraft. In February 1942,

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requested to Caudron the production of the

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, a Si-104 rival, but that was sabotaged. The Issy-les-Moulineaux plant was almost completely destroyed by

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and

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bombings that took place in September 1943, leaving it permanently out of production. In 1944, the remaining Caudron-Renault operations were nationalised by the French government and became part of the Société Nationale de Construction aéronautique du Centre.

Aircraft

(''Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères'' / ''Société des avions Caudron'') * Hydroaéroplane Caudron-Fabre * Caudron Type A * Caudron Type B.2 *

Caudron Type C The Caudron Type C was a single seat France, French biplane, intended for military evaluation. Two were built in 1911. Design and development From the Caudron Type B, Type B of 1911 to the World War I Caudron G.3 Caudron biplanes had a common ...

Caudron Type D The Caudron Type D was a French pre-World War I single seat, twin-boom tractor biplane, a close but slightly smaller relative of the two seat Caudron Type C. More than a dozen were completed, one exported to the United Kingdom, where they may al ...

Caudron Type E The Caudron Type E two seat trainer was a larger and more powerful development of the Type C. Two or three were bought by the French military and one by the Royal Navy just before World War I but its sales were overtaken by the superior Type ...

* Caudron Type F *

Caudron Type G The Caudron Type G was a single-engined France, French biplane built by Caudron, prior to World War I. Developments of the Caudron G saw widespread service in France, Russia and Great Britain. Specifications See also References Further r ...

* Caudron G.2 * Caudron G.3 * Caudron G.4 * Caudron G.6 * Caudron Type H * Caudron Type J *

Caudron Type K The Caudron Type K was a French floatplane with a very powerful, twenty cylinder radial engine in pusher configuration. It took part in a French seaplane competition in 1913, but was lost in a take-off accident during the competition. Design ...

Caudron Type L The Caudron Type L was a two-seat French pusher configuration amphibious biplane, flown around 1913 and intended for naval use. Design With unequal span, two bay, unstaggered wings and an open frame fuselage the Type L had much in common ...

Caudron Type M The Caudron Types M and N were small, fast French sports monoplanes, flown 1911–13 under a wide range of engine powers. There was also a military version. Design and development Although almost all the aircraft designed by the Caudron bro ...

* Caudron Type N * Caudron Type O *

Caudron Type P The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for ...

Caudron R The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for ...

Caudron R.3 The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for ...

* Caudron R.4 *

Caudron R.5 The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for ...

* Caudron R.6 * Caudron R.8 * Caudron R.9 * Caudron R.10 * Caudron R.11 *

Caudron R.12 The Caudron R.11 (or R.XI in contemporary usage), was a French three-seat twin-engine long range escort fighter biplane developed and produced by Caudron during the First World War. Development The R.XI was intended to fulfill a French Corps d' ...

Caudron R.14 The Caudron R.11 (or R.XI in contemporary usage), was a French three-seat twin-engine long range escort fighter biplane developed and produced by Caudron during the World War I, First World War. Development The R.XI was intended to fulfill a Fr ...

* Caudron R.15 *

Caudron R.19 The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for ...

* Caudron C.02 * Caudron C.20 *

Caudron C.21 The Caudron C.21 was a French twin engine biplane built just after World War I, able to carry three passengers in an open cockpit. Design and development In 1917 Paul Deville was developing a twin engine observation aircraft when it became clear ...

Caudron C.22 The Caudron C.22 was a French twin engine night bomber built in 1917. It did not reach production. Design The C.22 BN2 was based on the earlier Caudron C.21, but scaled up. The span was increased by 22%, requiring an extra bay and more powerfu ...

* Caudron C.23 * Caudron C.25 * Caudron C.27 *

Caudron C.33 The Caudron C.33 "Landaulet Monsieur-Madame" was a French twin engined biplane with four seats, two in open cockpits and two in an enclosed cabin. Design and development Between 1919 and 1922 Caudron built a series of multi-engined civil passen ...

* Caudron C.37 * Caudron C.39 *

Caudron C.43 The Caudron C.43 was the first French five-engined aircraft, a biplane intended for passenger transport or military use and multi-engined for safety. A development of the three-engined Caudron C.39, it had one tractor configuration engine in the ...

* Caudron C.51 * Caudron C.59 * Caudron C.60 * Caudron C.61 * Caudron C.61bis *

Caudron C.65 The Caudron C.65 was a single seat biplane floatplane designed and built in France in 1922. Only one was completed. Design and development The C.65 was a conventional wire braced, Biplane#Bay, two bay biplane, with equal span wings mounted with ...

Caudron C.66 The Caudron C.65 was a single seat biplane floatplane designed and built in France in 1922. Only one was completed. Design and development The C.65 was a conventional wire braced, two bay biplane, with equal span wings mounted without stagger ...

* Caudron C.67 * Caudron C.68 * Caudron C.74 *

Caudron C.77 The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for ...

Caudron C.81 The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for ...

Caudron C.91 The Caudron C.91 was a French single engine biplane with an enclosed passenger cabin seating four. It first flew in 1923. Design and development The C.91 was a conventional single engine two bay biplane with a wooden structure and fabric cove ...

Caudron C.92 The Caudron C.92 was a passenger transport built by Caudron in 1925, powered by a Lorraine-Dietrich 12D. Only one was built, and it was discarded in July 1934. Design and development The C.92, first flown in 1925, was a close but more powerfu ...

Caudron C.97 The Caudron C.97 was a two-seat biplane trainer designed and built in France around 1924. A number were used by the Bolivian Air Force. Design and development Rather little information has survived on the C.97. Although it looked very simil ...

Caudron C.98 The Caudron C.98 was a French sports/racing aircraft built by Caudron in the 1920s. Derived from the Caudron C.91 The Caudron C.91 was a French single engine biplane with an enclosed passenger cabin seating four. It first flew in 1923. Desig ...

Caudron C.99 The Caudron C.99 was a French light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. The only example flew with different engines in the mid-1920s. Design and development Though in 1924 ''Flight'' described the C.99, which was on display at the 18th Paris ...

Caudron C.101 The Caudron C.101 and its variants, the C.103, C.104 and C.107 were French two seat reconnaissance aircraft flown from 1925, differing in their engines. Design and development The C.101 was designed to be a deep reconnaissance aircraft with ...

Caudron C.103 The Caudron C.101 and its variants, the C.103, C.104 and C.107 were French two seat reconnaissance aircraft flown from 1925, differing in their engines. Design and development The C.101 was designed to be a deep reconnaissance aircraft with th ...

* Caudron C.104 *

Caudron C.107 The Caudron C.101 and its variants, the C.103, C.104 and C.107 were France, French two seat reconnaissance aircraft flown from 1925, differing in their engines. Design and development The C.101 was designed to be a deep reconnaissance aircraft ...

* Caudron C.109 *

Caudron C.110 The Caudron C.109 was a light utility aircraft built in France in the late 1920s. Design and development The C.109 was a parasol-winged braced monoplane of conventional configuration with fixed tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and single pas ...

Caudron C.113 The Caudron C.109 was a light utility aircraft built in France in the late 1920s. Design and development The C.109 was a parasol-winged braced monoplane of conventional configuration with fixed tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and single pas ...

Caudron C.117 The Caudron C.109 was a light utility aircraft built in France in the late 1920s. Design and development The C.109 was a parasol-winged braced monoplane of conventional configuration with fixed tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and single pas ...

Caudron C.125 The Caudron C.27 was a French biplane, a two-seat basic trainer which also competed successfully in the 1920s. Design and development When it was shown at the 1922 Paris Salon, the C.27 was presented as the second in a triplet of increasingly ...

Caudron C.127 The Caudron C.27 was a French biplane, a two-seat basic trainer which also competed successfully in the 1920s. Design and development When it was shown at the 1922 Paris Salon, the C.27 was presented as the second in a triplet of increasingly ...

Caudron C.128 The Caudron C.27 was a French biplane, a two-seat basic trainer which also competed successfully in the 1920s. Design and development When it was shown at the 1922 Paris Salon, the C.27 was presented as the second in a triplet of increasingl ...

* Caudron C.128/2 *

Caudron C.140 The Caudron C.140 was a French tandem cockpit sesquiplane designed in 1928 as a combination of liaison aircraft and observer and gunnery trainer. Design and development The C.140 was designed in the first half of 1928 to meet a French military ...

* Caudron C.150 * Caudron C.157 *

Caudron C.159 The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for ...

Caudron C.160 The Caudron C.160 was a French training aircraft built by Caudron in the late 1920s. It was a two-seat biplane powered by a 65 hp Salmson 5Ac 5-cyl radial.Hauet, André (2001). Les Avions Caudrons. 1. Outreau: Lela Presse. . References C.160 ...

* Caudron C.161 *

Caudron C.168 __NOTOC__ The Caudron C.161 was a lightweight French two-seat biplane designed by Caudron for sport or flight training use. A conventional biplane with a square fuselage powered by a Salmson radial engine. It had two cockpits in tandem with dual c ...

* Caudron C.180 *

Caudron C.183 The Caudron C.61 was a French three-engined civil transport biplane aircraft built by the French aeroplane manufacturer Caudron. It was constructed of wood and covered in fabric. Development The prototype C.61 (F-ESAE) had a freight hold and c ...

* Caudron C.190 *

Caudron C.191 The Caudron C.190 was a French two-seat low-wing single-engine sports plane, built by the French aeroplane manufacturer Caudron in the late 1920s. The only variant of the C.190 family (C.190/191/192/193) to be built in series was the C.193. Oper ...

* Caudron C.192 *

Caudron C.193 The Caudron C.190 was a French two-seat low-wing single-engine sports plane, built by the French aeroplane manufacturer Caudron in the late 1920s. The only variant of the C.190 family (C.190/191/192/193) to be built in series was the C.193. Ope ...

Caudron C.220 The Caudron C.220 was a two-seat France, French biplane training aircraft, trainer. Only two were built, using different engines. Design and development The Caudron C.220 basic trainer was a biplane#sBays, single bay biplane with two pairs of p ...

Caudron C.221 The Caudron C.220 was a two-seat French biplane trainer. Only two were built, using different engines. Design and development The Caudron C.220 basic trainer was a single bay biplane with two pairs of parallel interplane struts aided by wire ...

Caudron C.230 __NOTOC__ The Caudron C.230 was a sporting, touring and trainer aircraft produced in France in 1930. It was a conventional biplane with single-bay, unstaggered wings of equal span. The pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem open cockpits. I ...

Caudron C.232 __NOTOC__ The Caudron C.230 was a sporting, touring and trainer aircraft produced in France in 1930. It was a conventional biplane with single-bay, unstaggered wings of equal span. The pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem open cockpits. I ...

* Caudron C.240 * Caudron C.250 * Caudron C.251 *

Caudron C.270 The Caudron C.270 ''Luciole'' ("Firefly") was a sporting, touring and trainer aircraft produced in France in the 1930s, derived from the C.230. Design and construction It was a conventional biplane with single-bay, unstaggered wings of equal s ...

''Luciole'' *

Caudron C.272 The Caudron C.270 ''Luciole'' ("Firefly") was a sporting, touring and trainer aircraft produced in France in the 1930s, derived from the C.230. Design and construction It was a conventional biplane with single-bay, unstaggered wings of equal s ...

''Luciole'' * Caudron C.272/2 ''Luciole'' * Caudron C.272/3 ''Luciole'' * Caudron C.272/4 ''Luciole'' * Caudron C.272/5 ''Luciole'' *

Caudron C.273 The Caudron C.270 ''Luciole'' ("Firefly") was a sporting, touring and trainer aircraft produced in France in the 1930s, derived from the C.230. Design and construction It was a conventional biplane with single-bay, unstaggered wings of equal s ...

''Luciole'' *

Caudron C.275 The Caudron C.270 ''Luciole'' ("Firefly") was a sporting, touring and trainer aircraft produced in France in the 1930s, derived from the Caudron C.230, C.230. Design and construction It was a conventional biplane with single-bay, unstaggered wi ...

''Luciole'' *

Caudron C.280 The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for ...

''Phalene'' * Caudron C.280/2 ''Phalene'' * Caudron C.280/6 ''Phalene'' * Caudron C.280/9 ''Phalene'' * Caudron C.282 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.282/4 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.282/8 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.282/10 ''Super Phalene'' *

Caudron C.286 The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 as the Association Aéroplanes Caudron Frères by brothers Gaston and René Caudron. It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for ...

''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.286/2 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.286/2.S4 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.286/4 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.286/5 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.286/6 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.286/7 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.286/8 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.286/9 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.289 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.289/2 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.340 ''Micro Phalene'' * Caudron C.344 ''Phalène Junior'' * Caudron C.360 * Caudron C.362 * Caudron C.366 * Caudron C.400 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.401 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.410 ''Super Phalene'' * Caudron C.430 ''Rafale'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.440 ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.441 ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.444 ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.445 ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.445/1 ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.445/2 ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.445/3 ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.445M ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.445R ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.446 ''Super Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.447 ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.448 ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.449 ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.449/1 ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.449/2 ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.449/3 ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.449/4 ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.440 Goéland, Caudron C.449/5 ''Goéland'' * Caudron C.450 * Caudron C.460 * Caudron C.461 * Caudron C.480 ''Frégate'' * Caudron C.490 * Caudron C.491 * Caudron C.500 ''Simoun I'' * Caudron C.510 ''Pélican'' * Caudron C.520 ''Simoun'' * Caudron C.530 ''Rafale'' * Caudron C.560 * Caudron C.561 * Caudron C.570 * Caudron C.580 * Caudron C.600 ''Aiglon'' * Caudron C.601 ''Aiglon'' * Caudron C.610 ''Aiglon'' * Caudron C.620 ''Simoun IV'' * Caudron C.630 ''Simoun'' * Caudron C.631 ''Simoun'' * Caudron C.632 ''Simoun'' * Caudron C.634 ''Simoun'' * Caudron C.635 ''Simoun'' * Caudron C.635M ''Simoun'' * Caudron C.640 ''Typhon'' * Caudron C.641 ''Typhon'' * Caudron C.530 Rafale, Caudron C.660 ''Rafale'' * Caudron C.670 ''Typhon'' * Caudron C.680 * Caudron C.684 * Caudron C.685 ''Super Rafale'' * Caudron C.690 * Caudron C.710 ''Cyclone'' * Caudron C.711 ''Cyclone'' * Caudron C.712 ''Cyclone'' * Caudron C.713 ''Cyclone'' * Caudron C.714 ''Cyclone'' * Caudron C.720 ''Cyclone'' * Caudron-Renault CR.760 ''Cyclone'' * Caudron-Renault CR.770 ''Cyclone'' * Caudron C.800, Caudron C.800 ''Epervier'' * Caudron C.800, Caudron C.801 * Caudron C.800, Caudron C.810 * Caudron C.800, Caudron C.811 * Caudron C-815 * Caudron C.860 * Caudron C.870 * Caudron C.880 * Caudron KXC * Caudron Navy Experimental Type C Trainer * Caudron LEI

References

External links

Aviation Pioneers: An Anthology – Gaston & René Caudron

Aviafrance list of Caudron aircraft

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