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Order of Battle, September 1935
Comando Supremo Africa Orientale
Commander: General Emilio De Bono
7th Artillery Group (77mm/28)
Engineer Unit Comando Supremo Africa Orientale
Bombardment, Reconnaissance, and Fighter Aviation Command A. O. – Gen. Aimone Cat
3rd Air Brigade – Bgd. Gen. Ferruccio Ranza in Eritrea with 145 aircraft
HQ Flight – (4 x Ca.101)
Recon Squadron (un-numbered), with:
34th Recon Flight (8 x Ro.1) attached to Eritrean Corps
38th Recon Flight (10 x Ro.1)
41st Recon Flight (10 x Ro.1)
103rd Recon Flight (9 x Ro.37)
116th Recon Flight (10 x Ro.1)
118th Recon Flight (10 x Ro.1) attached to 2nd Corps
131st Recon Flight (10 x Ro.1)
Libyan Recon Flight (11 x Ro.1) attached to 1st Corps
106th Fighter Flight (7 x CR.20)
4th Bombers Squadron – Bgd. Gen. Attilio Matricardi
14th Bomber Flight "Hic Sunt Leones" – (10 x Ca.101 D/2)
15th Bomber Flight "La Disperata" – (10 x Ca.101 D/2)
27th Bomber Squadron
17th Bomber Flight (5 x Ca.111)
18th Bomber Flight (5 x Ca.111)
Hydroplanes Detachments (4 x MF.4 and 2 x CANT 25)
7th Bomber Wing detached to Somalia with 38 aircraft – Bgd. Gen. Ferruccio Ranza (see below)
Northern Front - Eritrea
1st Corps – Ruggero Santini
30th (Sabauda) Division – Gen. Italo Gariboldi
5th (Pusteria) Alpine Division – Gen. Luigi Negri Cesi
2nd (28th of October) CCNN Division – Gen. Umberto Somma
X Battalion indigeni (Eritrean Ascari)
XV Battalion indigeni (Eritrean Ascari)
Banda dello Scimezana (native troop)
5th Cavalry Squadron Group
3rd Motorized Artillery Group (77mm/28)
5th Motorized Artillery Group (105mm/28)
Artillery Command of positions of Agame
1st Corps A.O. Engineer Unit
Libyan Recon Flight (11 x Ro.1)
2nd Corps – Pietro Maravigna
19th (Gavinana) Division – Gen. Nino Salvatore Villa Santa
24th (Gran Sasso) Division – Gen. Adalberto Principe (Adi Ugri-Quala zone)
3rd (21 April) CCNN Division – Gen. Giacomo Appiotti
Gruppo Bande Altopiano (native troop)
10th Cavalry Squadron
Artillery Group Command (100mm/17)
Artillery Command of positions in western Tigre (Eritrean Ascari)
2nd Corps Engineer Unit
118th Recon Flight (10 x Ro.1) (Libyan)
Eritrean Corps – Alessandro Pirzio Biroli
1st Eritrean Division – Gen. Salvatore di Pietro
2nd Eritrean Division – Gen. Achille Vaccarisi
1st (23rd of March) CCNN Division – Gen. Ettore Bastico
1st Battalion Group CCNN dell'Eritrea – Filippo Diamanti
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Italian East Africa Backshirts Infantry Battalions
East Africa Blackshirts MMG Company
Banda dell'Hassamò (Irregular troop)
6th Cavalry Squadron Group
Native Cavalry Squadron Group (Eritrean Ascari troop)
2nd Motorized Artillery Group 77mm/28
3rd Motorized Artillery Group 100mm/17
4th Fast Tanks Squadrons Group
Artillery Command of positions in eastern Tigre
Eritrean Corps Engineer Unit
34th Recon Flight (8 x Ro.1)(Libyan)
Western Lowlands Zone – Brig. Gen. Amedeo Couture ( Western Eritrea )
XXVII Battalion indigeni (Eritrean Ascari)
XXVIII Battalion indigeni (Eritrean Ascari)
Irregulars Foot Bands Group
"Celere" (fast) Group
Eritrea Fast Tanks Squadron
Eastern Lowlands Zone – Brig. Gen. Oreste Mariotti ( Southern Coastal Eritrea )
XXIV Battalion indigeni (Eritrean Ascari)
XXVI Battalion indigeni (Eritrean Ascari)
Libyan Battalion
Massaua Irregulars Band
Northern Dankalia Irregulars Band
Southern Dankalia Irregulars Band
7th Artillery Battery (120L25)
37th Artillery Battery (77L28 – pack camels)
Southern Front – Somaliland
Graziani Column – General Rodolfo Graziani
29th Division (Peloritana) – Gen. Giuseppe Pavone
Aosta Lancers Cavalry Regiment
6 Battalions, Royal Colonial Troop Corps (Arabo-Somali Colonial troops)
Camel Mounted Artillery
6 Dubat Bands (Companies of Somali Irregulars)
Ogaden border region command – Colonel Luigi Frusci
9 L3 tanks, 20 Armoured cars
6 Royal Colonial Troop Corps Battalions (Arabo-Somali Colonial troops)
6 Dubat Bands (Companies of Somali Irregulars)
Sultan Olol Dinke Column (Feudal Army) – Sultan of Sciavelli, Olol Dinke
1000 Dubat (mounted Somali warriors of the Ajuran clan)
7th Bomber Wing – Bgd. Gen. Ferruccio Ranza (38 aircraft)
25th Bomber Squadron,
8th Bomber Flight (10 x Ca.101 bis)
9th Bomber Flight (10 x Ca.101 bis)
Recon Flight (10 x Ro.1)
107th Fighter Flight (8 x CR.20)
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_order_of_battle_for_the_Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War
Comando Supremo Africa Orientale
Commander: General Emilio De Bono
7th Artillery Group (77mm/28)
Engineer Unit Comando Supremo Africa Orientale
Bombardment, Reconnaissance, and Fighter Aviation Command A. O. – Gen. Aimone Cat
3rd Air Brigade – Bgd. Gen. Ferruccio Ranza in Eritrea with 145 aircraft
HQ Flight – (4 x Ca.101)
Recon Squadron (un-numbered), with:
34th Recon Flight (8 x Ro.1) attached to Eritrean Corps
38th Recon Flight (10 x Ro.1)
41st Recon Flight (10 x Ro.1)
103rd Recon Flight (9 x Ro.37)
116th Recon Flight (10 x Ro.1)
118th Recon Flight (10 x Ro.1) attached to 2nd Corps
131st Recon Flight (10 x Ro.1)
Libyan Recon Flight (11 x Ro.1) attached to 1st Corps
106th Fighter Flight (7 x CR.20)
4th Bombers Squadron – Bgd. Gen. Attilio Matricardi
14th Bomber Flight "Hic Sunt Leones" – (10 x Ca.101 D/2)
15th Bomber Flight "La Disperata" – (10 x Ca.101 D/2)
27th Bomber Squadron
17th Bomber Flight (5 x Ca.111)
18th Bomber Flight (5 x Ca.111)
Hydroplanes Detachments (4 x MF.4 and 2 x CANT 25)
7th Bomber Wing detached to Somalia with 38 aircraft – Bgd. Gen. Ferruccio Ranza (see below)
Northern Front - Eritrea
1st Corps – Ruggero Santini
30th (Sabauda) Division – Gen. Italo Gariboldi
5th (Pusteria) Alpine Division – Gen. Luigi Negri Cesi
2nd (28th of October) CCNN Division – Gen. Umberto Somma
X Battalion indigeni (Eritrean Ascari)
XV Battalion indigeni (Eritrean Ascari)
Banda dello Scimezana (native troop)
5th Cavalry Squadron Group
3rd Motorized Artillery Group (77mm/28)
5th Motorized Artillery Group (105mm/28)
Artillery Command of positions of Agame
1st Corps A.O. Engineer Unit
Libyan Recon Flight (11 x Ro.1)
2nd Corps – Pietro Maravigna
19th (Gavinana) Division – Gen. Nino Salvatore Villa Santa
24th (Gran Sasso) Division – Gen. Adalberto Principe (Adi Ugri-Quala zone)
3rd (21 April) CCNN Division – Gen. Giacomo Appiotti
Gruppo Bande Altopiano (native troop)
10th Cavalry Squadron
Artillery Group Command (100mm/17)
Artillery Command of positions in western Tigre (Eritrean Ascari)
2nd Corps Engineer Unit
118th Recon Flight (10 x Ro.1) (Libyan)
Eritrean Corps – Alessandro Pirzio Biroli
1st Eritrean Division – Gen. Salvatore di Pietro
2nd Eritrean Division – Gen. Achille Vaccarisi
1st (23rd of March) CCNN Division – Gen. Ettore Bastico
1st Battalion Group CCNN dell'Eritrea – Filippo Diamanti
1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Italian East Africa Backshirts Infantry Battalions
East Africa Blackshirts MMG Company
Banda dell'Hassamò (Irregular troop)
6th Cavalry Squadron Group
Native Cavalry Squadron Group (Eritrean Ascari troop)
2nd Motorized Artillery Group 77mm/28
3rd Motorized Artillery Group 100mm/17
4th Fast Tanks Squadrons Group
Artillery Command of positions in eastern Tigre
Eritrean Corps Engineer Unit
34th Recon Flight (8 x Ro.1)(Libyan)
Western Lowlands Zone – Brig. Gen. Amedeo Couture ( Western Eritrea )
XXVII Battalion indigeni (Eritrean Ascari)
XXVIII Battalion indigeni (Eritrean Ascari)
Irregulars Foot Bands Group
"Celere" (fast) Group
Eritrea Fast Tanks Squadron
Eastern Lowlands Zone – Brig. Gen. Oreste Mariotti ( Southern Coastal Eritrea )
XXIV Battalion indigeni (Eritrean Ascari)
XXVI Battalion indigeni (Eritrean Ascari)
Libyan Battalion
Massaua Irregulars Band
Northern Dankalia Irregulars Band
Southern Dankalia Irregulars Band
7th Artillery Battery (120L25)
37th Artillery Battery (77L28 – pack camels)
Southern Front – Somaliland
Graziani Column – General Rodolfo Graziani
29th Division (Peloritana) – Gen. Giuseppe Pavone
Aosta Lancers Cavalry Regiment
6 Battalions, Royal Colonial Troop Corps (Arabo-Somali Colonial troops)
Camel Mounted Artillery
6 Dubat Bands (Companies of Somali Irregulars)
Ogaden border region command – Colonel Luigi Frusci
9 L3 tanks, 20 Armoured cars
6 Royal Colonial Troop Corps Battalions (Arabo-Somali Colonial troops)
6 Dubat Bands (Companies of Somali Irregulars)
Sultan Olol Dinke Column (Feudal Army) – Sultan of Sciavelli, Olol Dinke
1000 Dubat (mounted Somali warriors of the Ajuran clan)
7th Bomber Wing – Bgd. Gen. Ferruccio Ranza (38 aircraft)
25th Bomber Squadron,
8th Bomber Flight (10 x Ca.101 bis)
9th Bomber Flight (10 x Ca.101 bis)
Recon Flight (10 x Ro.1)
107th Fighter Flight (8 x CR.20)
Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_order_of_battle_for_the_Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War