Missing Bomber Cache Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

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I have had no contact with the cache owner since my last note and there has been no notes posted to the cache page in that time. While I feel that Geocaching.com should hold the location for you and block other cachers from entering the area around this cache for a reasonable amount of time I don’t think we can do so any longer. Therefore, I have archived this cache.

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Cache-tech
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Hidden : 7/11/2007
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This is a small cache. Located near a site that was once the home of a Hudson Bomber. The Hudson Bomber was the first of thousands of aircraft to pass through Gander en route to Europe during World War II. Manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation of Burbank, California, the Hudson could carry a crew of 2-4 pilots, 1 gunner and 1 navigator. It is powered by 2 Wright 1200hp r-1820-27 and reaches a maximum speed of 225mph/362km/h with an initial climb of 10,00ft/3048m in 6.3 minutes.
Its main purpose was as a light bomber, troop transport and maritime reconnaissance. The Hudson achieved some significant feats during the war. On 8 October 1939, over Jutland, a Hudson became the first RAF aircraft to shoot down a German aircraft. They operated as fighters during the Battle of Dunkirk. A PBO-1 Hudson of US Navy squadron VP-82 became the first US aircraft to destroy a German submarine when it sank U-656 southwest of Newfoundland on 1 March 1942.
They were used as patrol bombers in the Pacific war by the USN and also the RNZAF and RAAF. They also became the first plane to fire a shot in the Pacific Campaign by sinking a Japanese navy transport ship, the IJN Awajisan Maru, just off the coast of Kota Bharu, an hour before the attack on Pearl Harbour.
It was also the first plane I had ever seen up close. Visiting Gander some 30 years ago, I enountered a Hudson Bomber stationed atop the pedistal you see before you. That same plane can now be seen at the Gander Aviation Museum.

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