Rudolf Hess Traditional Cache
Hidden : 12/29/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Parking available at N55*45.373 W004*18.260



On May 10, 1941, 17:45 Middle European Time (MET), Rudolf Hess took off from Augsburg, Bavaria in an unarmed aircraft, dressed as a Luftwaffe pilot. His aircraft was a heavy fighter-bomber: Messerschmitt 110 E-1/N, serial/works number 3869, radio code VJ+OQ, and equipped with two additional drop-in fuel tanks which extended its operational range to 4,200 km or 10 flying hours. With a wingspan of 53 feet, length of 40 feet, operational ceiling of 34,000 feet, and two Daimler-Benz engines totalling 1400 HP, the Me 110 had a cruising speed of 420 km/h. Just after 22:00, Hess crossed the British coast at Farne Island, and by 23:00 believed he had reached Dunvagel House, home of the Duke of Hamilton. At 23:09, unable to locate the landing strip at Dunvagel, he bailed out of his aircraft, landing in a field at Floors Farm, Eaglesham.

Hess was said to be heading for a meeting with the Duke of Hamilton, intending to negotiate peace between Britain and Germany, similar to that arranged between Hitler and Chamberlain prior to the invasion of Poland: in effect, Germany would protect the British Empire so long as Britain did not oppose Germany in Europe.

Just after 11 pm on May 10, 1941, 45 year old ploughman David McLean heard an explosion.

From the window of his farmhouse, he saw a parachutist floating down into the fields of Floors Farm near Eaglesham, Scotland. Running to the area, he found the crashed and burning Messerschmitt and an injured German officer who identified himself as Hauptmann (Captain) Albert Horn, who told him in English, "I have an important message for the Duke of Hamilton." Using his pitchfork, Mr McLean took the officer prisoner, holding him in the farmhouse, where he was offered tea, but accepted only water from Mr McLean's mother. Both described the officer as a gentleman, even if he was a 'Gerry', and noted that he did not sit down (despite his broken leg) until invited. He remained at the farmhouse pending arrival of the Home Guard.

As the exact crash site has now been bulldozed to make way for the A726 I have placed the cache in between the landing site and crash site. If you take a magnetic bearing of 60* from the parking spot you are looking at Floors farm.

Further information can be gained from:

Secret Scotland

The cache is an Ammo box and has a first to find prize of an Ammo Box keyring.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

pebff gur ohea haqre gjvtf oruvaq n gubea ohfu uvtu hc

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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