Secret Map 1942 Pantelleria Sicily

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Shooter McGavin
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Secret Map 1942 Pantelleria Sicily

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Post by Shooter McGavin » 14 Jun 2018, 17:03

Hello everyone! This map is dated 1942. This is a year before the island was taken by Allied bombardment in "Operation Corkscrew".
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Re: Secret Map 1942 Pantelleria Sicily

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Post by Shooter McGavin » 14 Jun 2018, 17:21

My dad inherited this map from his uncle's war souvenirs along with a silk scarf and a large diffused bullet or bomb. Sadly they were both thrown in the garbage but the map made it! It's not normal paper, it's made out of parchment?
The interesting thing is he was a PFC in the US army so I wonder how he ended up with this map?? Perhaps a trade?? :lol:


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Post by Dili » 14 Jun 2018, 19:44

It was sent by RAF HQ MIddle East and produced by South African survey company February 1942 so probably already outdated when you father went to Africa.

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Post by Shooter McGavin » 15 Jun 2018, 01:30

Dili wrote:It was sent by RAF HQ MIddle East and produced by South African survey company February 1942 so probably already outdated when you father went to Africa.
Wow! Very interesting, thank you Dili

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Post by Dili » 15 Jun 2018, 05:30

It is what is said in the map, also that the photo was taken by the RAF air recon unit 2.PRU unit in 14-01-1942 says in top right. At this time the unit was probably equipped with Hurricane and Beaufighter recon versions.

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Post by Larry D. » 15 Jun 2018, 14:55

Between 14 January 1942 and June 1943, you can bet there were many, many more aerial photos taken of the island.

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