The Caudron C.440 Goéland was a six-seat twin-engine utility aircraft developed in France in the mid-1930s.
Production of the C.440 and its subtypes continued until the outbreak of World War II, at which time many C.440s were impressed into military service.
Following the fall of France, some were operated by the German Luftwaffe and the Slovenské vzdušné zbrane – it ordered 12 aircraft as the C.445M in 1942.
Production began again after the war for military and civil use as a transport and as a twin-engine trainer.
In the post-war reorganization of the French aircraft industry, Caudron became part of SNCA du Nord and the aircraft became the Nord Goeland.
Variants
C.440
Prototype
C.441
Version with Renault 6Q-01 engine and dihedral added to outer wing panel
C.444
First version with counter-rotating propellers, adopted on all later versions
C.445
Similar to C.444, but dihedral of outer wing panels increased
