RAF Bruntinthorpe Traditional Cache
madmajor: This cache has now been destroyed twice so somebody must have it in for us Geocechers.
I am archiving this cache as there is nowhere else in that location to hide a cache.
Thank you to all the caches who have done this cache and those who have reported any problems.
Madmajor
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This is another cache in my "WWII RAF Camps" series. This series is intended to show just how many old RAF Camps there are in Leicestershire, and you would be surprised.
Each of the cache's will be placed as close as possible to each end of the main runway.Some of the airfields have different lives now but all were used during WWII with different roles for each base.
RAF Bruntingthorpe was a Royal Air Force station in Leicestershire between 1942 and 1962.
The station was opened in 1942 as home of 29 Operational Training Unit operating the Vickers Wellington. Bruntingthorpe was not used between 1946 and 1957 when it transferred to the United States Air Force as a satellite of RAF Alconbury. A new longer runway was built in 1959 when the 100th Bomb Wing of Strategic Air Command moved in operating the Boeing B-47 Stratojet. From August 1959 the 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing's 19th TRS was based at the station operating the Douglas RB-66B. RAF Bruntingthorpe was closed when the USAF left in 1962.
The first occupants were 29 OTU with Wellingtons of No 92 Group. Bruntingthorpe was a satellite to North Luffenham. The base was used for testing Meteors in 1945 before being placed on Care and Maintenance from 1945 until January 1957 when it was transferred to USAF Command as a satellite to USAF at Alconbury. The station closed when the USAF left in 1962
The airfield is now known as Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, and is the home of the airworthy Avro Vulcan XH558. It is also home to the Lightning Preservation Group whose pair of Lightning F6s can be seen carrying out fast taxi and takeoff runs on open days.
The cache is a 0.5 sandwich container with a log book, pencil and verious other small items, plus FTF key ring.
There is some nearby parking and some stealth would be advised.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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