In the beginning of the war Luigi Torchio served in the 75^a Squadriglia.

In February 1943 he served in the 377^a Squadriglia Autonoma. This unit was at the time based at Palermo and equipped with some Fiat CR.42 nightfighters.

During the night of 21/22 February 1943 he shot down a Wellington over Palermo.

Later in the war he claimed one victory while flying a Macchi MC.200 and three more while flying Macchi MC.202 ‘377-1’.

After the Italian surrender he joined the Italiana Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana (ANR) where he was assigned to 3 Squadriglia.

He was killed in combat on 30 January 1944.

During the war he had been awarded with the Medaglia d'argento al valore militare and the Croce di guerras al valore militare.

At the time of his death Torchio was credited with 1 biplane victory and a total of 5 destroyed.

Claims:

Kill no.	Date	Number	Type	Result	Plane type	Serial no.	Locality	Unit
	1943
1	21/02/43	1	Wellington	Destroyed	Fiat CR.42		Palermo	377a Squadriglia

Biplane victories: 1 destroyed.
TOTAL: 5 destroyed.

Sources:
Italian Aces of World War 2 - Giovanni Massimello and Giorgio Apostolo, 2000 Osprey Publishing, Oxford, ISBN 1-84176-078-1