The Caudron C.59 was a French, two-seat biplane with a single engine and a canvas-covered fuselage, produced between 1922 and 1924. Suitable for a variety of roles, more than 1,800 Caudron C.59s were manufactured.
Operational history The Caudron C.59 was used in a variety of countries, including: France, Bulgaria, China, Finland, Turkey and in the Spanish Civil War.
Finland The Finnish Air Force purchased three Caudron C.59s from France in 1923. The aircraft first carried the air force designation codes 2E3-2E5 and from 1927 on CA-48 – CA-50. The manufacturing numbers of the aircraft were 5407–5409. The aircraft were equipped with wheel landing gear, but at least one aircraft (2E3) was fitted with floats. The aircraft were accepted into service on March 8, 1923, and the last one was taken out of service in 1931.
Variants C.59 Original design. 59/2 Fitted with Lorraine 7Ma Mizar radial engine. C.77 Single-seat basic trainer version; intended for 1923 ET.1 competition C.320 c.1932, Original C.59s but refitted with Renault 9A 9-cylinder radial engine. Some later returned to their original Hispano engines.
Surviving aircraft
Päijänne Tavastia Aviation Museum in Asikkala, Finland has one Caudron C.59 in storage.
Operators
Argentine Air Force
Brazilian Air Force
Bulgarian Air Force China Chinese Nationalist Air Force
French Air Force French Navy
Finnish Air Force
Portuguese Air Force
Romanian Air Force
Spanish Republican Air Force
Spanish Air Force
Turkish Air Force
Venezuelan Air Force
Specifications (C.59)
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