the bunker Traditional Cache
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The cache is in a copse adjacent to a public road. Within the copse, the ground is uneven with small manmade holes. The undergrowth is not thick, although there are creeping plants underfoot and fallen trees in places.
The cache is in a copse/small wood by a road close to the disused WW2 RAF Chedworth airfield. The cache should only be accessed from the road, the surrounding fields are private.
For those wanting to make a walk of it, it is possible to park near the Seven Tuns pub at Chedworth, then go down the hill from the pub along to Queen St, up the hill at the far end and pick up a public footpath, which goes uphill onto the airfield and takes you along the perimeter track, coming out on the road not far from the copse where the cache is.
Not far from the cache is the former RAF Chedworth command and control bunker (at N51.810603, W1.939653) which would have been used in the event of an attack on the airfield.
The cache is a small clip lock container roughly 8"x4"x2". Initial contents include: logbook/pen, 2 karabiners, an RAF LAC rank patch, a TB, a whistle, a small torch, an old half-penny, the bowl of an old clay pipe, a marble etc.
For those that are interested in old airfields, here is a potted history of RAF Chedworth:
April 1942 - Airfield opened.
August 1942 - Spitfires from E flight, 52 OTU (operational training unit) arrived.
Jan 1943 - airfield became Fighter Leaders School.
Oct 1943 - Mosquitos/Martinets from 60/63 Gunnery Sqn OTU.
1944 - Stinson L5 Sentinels from 125 Liaison Sqn, US 9th Airforce were based here.
1944-45 Mustangs/Typhoons, overspill from RAF Aston Down.
May 1945 - Airfield put into care and maintenance.
Not much remains today. The runway and some perimeter tracks/dispersals are still extant, public footpaths and a road cross the runway. Some old buildings are still visible near N51.819565, W1.941743.
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