To meet these objectives, two Heinkel He 111s, one Dornier Do 17, eighteen Ju 52 "Behelfsbomber", and three Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 of the Corpo Truppe Volontarie were assigned for the mission. These were armed with medium high-explosive bombs, light explosive bombs and incendiaries. The ordnance load for the 24 bombers was in total. A follow up to the bombing raid was also planned for the next day involving Messerschmitt Bf 109 raids in the area. The order was noted on 26 April by Richthofen as: