Station 179 Traditional Cache
esiotrotellehcim: Due to the action of vandals that are destroying caches in the local area I am archiving this cache.
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This easy cache and dash is placed near the Station 179 memorial on the C-47 dispersal site at the side of the Lamport - Harrington Road.
Parking in the layby at N52.23.501 W000. 51.491
It is not placed within the memorial site.
The road, which you do not need to cross, is quite busy and fast so please be careful, especially if you have children or dogs with you.
You are looking for a smallish (approx. 4”x 3”x 2”) camouflaged ‘lock and lock’ plastic container. There is room for small TBs, geocoins and swaps.
This is the first cache I have placed so would appreciate any feedback if there are any problems with it. It contains a FTF badge, a few swap items, a travelbug and a Help for Heroes geocoin, as this seemed an appropriate place to start it on its journey.
Although I have passed this site many times I didn’t know what it was so decided to google it and came up with following information taken from the Harrington Aviation Museum website. www.harringtonmuseum.org.uk
‘Harrington airfield, known as Station 179 during WW2, was built by the 826th and 852nd Engineer Battalions of the US Army as a Class A airfield intended for heavy bomber use. Construction started on the 11th July 1942 and was completed in the spring of 1944.
Although this airfield had initially been constructed for use by a B-17 Flying Fortress Bomb Group, this group was diverted to North Africa to support Operation Torch. It was therefore taken over as a satellite station for training the bomber crews of the nearby RAF 84th Operational Training Unit at Desborough who mainly operated Wellington bombers.
Harrington was chosen for the Carpetbagger Operations by the Eighth Air Force's Special Operation Group. These operations being to deliver supplies and OSS agents into occupied Europe to support local Resistance units.
In 1987, at a reunion of the Carpetbaggers, a memorial was dedicated to the memory of those who did not survive the war. The memorial is located on the site of one of the former aircraft dispersal points and depicts a Carpetbagger B-24 Liberator taking off in front of the Foxhall cottages alongside the airfield at Harrington.’
There is a lot more fascinating information on their site.
Congratulations to TAG on being First to Find.
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