Those Magnificent Men.... Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Workyticket: As there appears to have been no response from the CO we are archiving this cache listing to prevent it from continually showing up in search lists and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements in the area. Once a cache is archived for non-responsiveness (including the cache page) it can't be unarchived.

Drew and Kaz

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Hidden : 4/3/2011
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Main road is very busy at times, please be wary for geopets and geokids. Please park in the village and walk down as this is a busy junction.

Decoys During WWII.

The first Decoys seen locally were airfields - “K” Sites - for day use, set out on large fields, heath or warren land, and sometimes on disused WWI aerodromes. RAF Boulmer was initially used as one of these sites.

Props would include dummy aircraft of similar type to those used by the stations they were protecting. There would be mock bomb dumps and fuel stores, and the surface would be levelled to look like a landing ground. Impressed civilian aircraft, such as D H Moths, were employed on some sites to resemble Tiger Moth military training aircraft. Large sheets of canvas were painted and laid on the ground to represent hangars while, in some cases, old and disused vehicles were set around the site along with gun pits and camouflage nets.

These dummy airfields looked very realistic from the air. The crews had their own buildings and trucks. Most “K” Sites were closed down in 1942/43 although a few were still in use in 1944.

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I NO LONGER LIVE IN THIS AREA, PLEASE CAN CACHERS VISITING THIS CACHE BRING SUPPLIES JUST IN CASE IT NEEDS MAINTENANCE. THANKYOU.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jub'q bs guhax vg! N Erq Neebj cbvagvat gur jnl.

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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