Caudron
![A Caudron seaplane, being hoisted onboard La Foudre in April 1914](/Images/godic/202501/03/CaudronLaFoudre3137.jpg")
The Société des Avions Caudron was a French aircraft company founded in 1909 by brothers Gaston Caudron (1882-1915) and René Caudron (1884-1959). It was one of the earliest aircraft manufacturers in France and produced planes for the military in both World War I and World War II.