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The Caudron G.3 was a single-engined French biplane   built by Caudron, widely used in World War I as a reconnaissance aircraft and trainer. In comparison to its competitors, it had a better rate ofclimb and it was considered especially suitable in mountainous terrain.
Development: The Caudron G.3 was designed by René and Gaston Caudron as a development of their earlier Caudron G.2 formilitary use. It first flew in May 1914 at their Le Crotoy aerodrome.
The aircraft had a short crew nacelle, with a single engine in the nose of the nacelle, and twin open tailbooms. It wasof sesquiplane layout, and used wing warping for lateral control, although this was replaced by conventional ailerons fitted on the upper wing in late production aircraft.
Following the outbreak of the First WorldWar, it was ordered in large quantities. The Caudron factories built 1423 aircraft (2450 total were built in France) and it was built under licence in several other countries (233 were built in Englandand 166 were built in Italy). The Caudron brothers did not charge a licencing fee for the design, as an act of patriotism.
Usually, the G.3 was not equipped with any weapons, although sometimes light,small calibre machine guns and some hand-released small bombs were fitted to it.
It was followed in production by the Caudron G.4, which was a twin-engined development.
Operational history: TheG.3 equipped Escadrille C.11 of the French Aéronautique Militaire at the outbreak of war, and was well-suited for reconnaissance use, proving tough and reliable. As the war went on however, its lowperformance and the fact that it was unarmed made it vulnerable in front line service, and so the French withdrew it from front line operations in mid-1916. The Australian Flying Corps (AFC) operated theG.3 during the Mesopotamian campaign of 1915–16.
The Italians also used the G.3 for reconnaissance on a wide scale until 1917, as did the British RFC (continuing operations until October 1917),...