B29 SUPER FORTRESS
This cache is NOT
LOCATED at the ABOVE
COORDINATES!
They are for a suitable parking
area.
The B-29
Superfortress was used by the 20th Air Force in the Pacific to bomb
the Japanese
Home
Islands. It
was a very advanced bomber for its day, with pressurized crew
compartments and remote-controlled gun turrets. While envisioned as
a high altitude daylight bomber, its greatest successes were
low-level nighttime raids dropping incendiary bombs on the
combustible Japanese cities. The B-29 is most known for dropping
the first ever A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which ended the
war and propelled the world into the nuclear
age.
On July 26, 1945, the Allies issued the Potsdam Declarations
calling for Japan's surrender. Two days later, the Japanese Premier
announced to the Japanese press that his government would ignore
the ultimatum. Based on the apparent rejection of peace efforts and
the desire to avoid the need to invade Japan, President Harry
Truman gave the order to employ a new weapon of mass destruction,
the atomic bomb. At 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 1945, the Tinian-based
B-29 "Enola Gay" released its single atomic bomb over Hiroshima; 50
seconds later, the weapon detonated at approximately 2,000 feet
altitude devastating the target in an enormous fireball. The
Japanese surrendered after a second atomic bomb was dropped on
Nagasaki.
The "Enola Gay" is on display at the National Air and Space
Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
near Washington Dulles international
Airport.
This
is part of a
series of 23
cachesdedicated to the American Aircraft of
WWII. Each cache is
dedicated to a particular aircraft model and can be logged as an
individual find. The
series consists of 16 regular caches and 7 mystery
caches. The series will
be divided into 5 sub-series, one for each category of aircraft
(
Fighters
,
Bombers
,
Seaplanes
, and
X-series
Prototypes)
and a final series consisting of three of the most recognizable
aircraft of WWII. (
P51
Mustang
,
B17 Flying
Fortressand
B29 Super
Fortress)
This mystery cache is the FINAL in this series. To find it, you must first find
all previous caches in the American WWII Aircraft
series. The codes to
find this cache are found in B17 FLYING FORTRESS(
GC1CZ3E) and P51
MUSTANG(
GC1CZ0F).
You will find the code in the front of each log.
B29 SUPER
FORTRESS= N40 B17
W074
P51
This series is located along the Randolph
Trails. These
trails are well maintained and easy to walk. There is parking for this cache
located at the above coordinates.
Trail maps are readily available at most of the trail
heads. Randolph’s trail system runs a 16-mile
course traversing five parks, the Clyde Potts Reservoir
Watershed and 2,000 acres of pristine open space. The trails
link together schools with neighborhoods and connect to
Patriots’ Path at Combs Hollow and Old Brookside. Randolph’s trails should be
viewed as a work in progress as the township continues to
pursue easements and funding to expand our trail network. The
township funds 90% of design and construction costs through
state grants and developer contributions. Over $1.5 million
in state grants and developer contributions has been invested
in Randolph’s trails. Open year round, the trails
can be used from dawn to dusk and are closed at night. During
the winter months, there is no snow or ice removal, providing
a wonderful opportunity for cross-country skiers and snowshoe
enthusiasts.
If planned right, this entire
series can be done from a single parking area, although it
will be quite a hike. Congratulations to all who find this
cache! It is a
long way to get here and I hope you have learned some history
along the way.
Congratulations to CondorTraX and admo1972 on an epic
FTF!! Don’t
forget to share.