The Danish Army had a single Caudron G.3 at the start of WWI. It was left in Denmark by the French pilot Chanteloup when he rushed home to France at the outbreak of the war.
The aircraft had a short crew nacelle, with a single engine in the nose of the nacelle, and twin open tailbooms. The “Danish” Caudron G.3 was one of the early G.3’s using wing warping for lateral control. On the Caudrons mass-produced in France during the Great War, wing-warping had been replaced by conventional ailerons fitted on the upper wing.
The Danish Army bought the plane from Mr. Chanteloup for 13,000 Kroner in 1914. It was used as a trainer until it crashed at Kløvermarken Aerodrome on April 11th, 1922.
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