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4° STORMO CT
Lieu. Col. Armando Francois9° Gruppo – Maj. Antonio Larsimont Pergameni(Macchi MC 202 Folgore)
Squad. 73a, 96a, 97a – Martuba
10° Gruppo – Maj. Paolo Maddalena (Macchi MC.202″Folgore”)
Squad. 84a, 90a, 91a – Martuba
50° STORMO ASSALTO
Lieu. Col. Ferruccio Volsilla
Absorbs: 158° Gruppo (Fiat CR 42 ‘Falco’)
Cerutti is still the CO
Squad. 236a, 387a, 388a
Plus:
159° Gruppo (Fiat CR 42 ‘Falco’)
[Maj. Guido Fea]
Squad. 389a, 390a, 391a – Derna
On 27 June, 1942, the 1° Stormo CT is retired to Italy, but leaves behind its ‘88a Squad.’
The following units arrive 16 July, 1942
3° STORMO CT
23° Gruppo – Maj. Luigi Filippini (Macchi MC.202 “Folgore”)
Squad. 70a, 74a, 75a – Abu HaggagArriving 23 July, 1942:10° Gruppo – Maj. Gino Lodi (Macchi MC.200 “Saetta”)
Squad. 83a, 85a, 95a – Abu Haggag
Arriving 27-29 August, 1942
101° Gruppo Autonomo Assalto – Maj. Simeone Marsan (CR.42 “Falco”)
Squad. 208a, 238a – Abar Nimeir
Arriving 7 September, 1942
15° STORMO ASSALTO
Lieu. Col. Raffaello Colacicchi
46° Gruppo – Maj. Giuseppe Capasso(CR.42 “Falco”)
Squad. 20a, 21a – Bengasi
47° Gruppo – Maj. Giovanni Masoero(CR.42 “Falco”)
Squad. 53a, 54a – Bu Amud
Special thanks to Paolo Marcenaro for this information.
References
G. Massimilello – G. Apostolo
‘Italian Aces of WWII’
(aircraft of the aces 34 – Osprey military publishings) S. Licheri
‘L’arma aerea italiana nella 2a G.M.’(Mursia)N. Arena
‘La Regia Aeronautica Vol. 2 1942′
(Ufficio Storico Stato Maggiore Aeronautica)
This aerial Order of Battle is definitive regarding unit numbers, arrivals and withdrawals in theater. Information on COs are less clear and any rectification, correction and/or completion (since some officers were (since some officers were not mentioned, nor were changes occurring after transferral of the Wing/Group, due to promotion, injury or death) would be heartily welcomed.
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Our pleasure, Sergio! Thank you for the compliment.
Just wonderful, my grandpa was there and you wrote it, finding something like this on the web is just amazing, my complements fot the site, way to go!!!
Sergio
Hi there Sergio, it’s nice to find people enjoying and finding this OoB useful so many years after having compiled it.
Paolo Marcenaro,
Genoa, IT.
Hi all, my grandfather was in the 236a under the captain Cerutti. He’s still alive and has so many stories about those days. Maybe if you have some names or specific question i can ask him.