Italians in Etiopia
 

What type of bombers have Italians used in Etiopia during Iperit bomber campain against etiopians tribes ?

Maybe someone else could help you with more infos, but, as far as I know, the Italian bomber standart type during the Ethyopia war was the Caproni Ca. 133, a three engines, high wing, fixed landing gear, with a max bomb payload of 300 kg inside and 500 kg outside.

Re: Italians in Etiopia
 

Also used in some numbers were the SIAI-Marchetti SM.81 Pipistrello (Bat). They were painted with long red stripes to help identify aircraft that went down for whatever reason.

Vince

Was Ca. 101 in action too?

Yes the Ca.101 saw extensive service in Italy's conquests in Africa, particularly with the La Disperata squadron during the Ethopian campaign and some remained in use during WWII.

If I may, I would add to the types already indicated the Caproni Ca.111.

Other aircraft used in the campaign with a bombing role were also the Romeo Ro.1 and the IMAM Ro.37/Ro.37bis.

A beautiful, but out of print, book on the Itailan AF in Etheopia, Eritria, Somalia, etc is ALI ITALIANE IN AFRICA ORIENTALE 1935-1940, by Carlo Lucchini, published by AES Albertelli Edizione Speciale / Storia Militare, 1997.

An increadable collection of beautiful pictures.



Ferdinando: Any hint when we can expect your book, I'm looking forward to it. BTW, did you happen to catch my trouble making piece on RA camou at HyperScale?

According to the lists of chemical attacks published in the book "Guerra Aerea sull'Etiopia 1935-1939" ("Air War over Ethiopia"), by Roberto Gentilli - the most comprehensive book about that war - all types of bomber operated in this theatre were involved in dropping chemical bombs: S.81 (9° Stormo only), Ca.101, Ca.111 and Ca.133.
The most employed bomb was the model C500T, charged with hyprite.

Gianandrea Bussi