Comes with hand-signed C.O.A.

This incredible and museum-grade 2nd edition 1944 dated TURIN navigational target raid map was used by bombing raid navigators during raid missions on Turin. Turin was the regional capital of Piedmont and suffered over a hundred raids by the Allied air forces during World War II. The Piedmontese capital was thus among the most bombed cities in Northern Italy, suffering damage to about 40% of its housing stock, and over 2,000 victims among its population.

Among the many raids during 1944-1945, many of the bombing raids in this area were conducted by B-17 and B-24 Bombers of the 15th Air Force. One of the most famous TURIN missions was on 4 June 1944 when the 15th Air Force was raided by 100 B-17 and B-24 bombers of the 15th Air Force, targeting FIAT Lingotto and the marshalling yards.

Five years of air raids caused heavy damage to the urban fabric of Turin, with no district escaping damage; 15,925 buildings were completely destroyed, and another 66,169 were badly damaged and rendered uninhabitable. Out of 217,562 homes that existed in 1940, 82,077 suffered damage (38%); more precisely, 7,32 % were completely destroyed, and 30,41 % were damaged. In the Lingotto district, where one of the main FIAT plants was located (thus resulting in this being one of the most bombed districts), 70% of all homes were destroyed; in the city centre, in the area between the Vittorio Emanuele II and Regina Margherita avenues and Piazza Statuto, repeatedly hit by the “area bombing” raids of 1942–1943, 58% of all homes were destroyed.