An excerpt from: http://www.ampfield.org.uk/airmen.htm
"American Airmen Remembered
On July 2nd 1944, five American Fighter Pilots of the 50th Fighter Group, based at Carentan, Normandy, France, boarded a Cessna Bobcat UC-78 light Transport aircraft bound for the U.S.A.A.F. base at Chilbolton, Hampshire. This was not a combat mission - but to transport personnel between bases. Of the five pilots, two had been promoted to Captain only the day before. Some were going on operational leave and one had turned 24 years old on that day.
Sadly their aircraft never made its intended destination. The aircraft developed a failure of one of its engines. The inclement weather conditions on the day made flying conditions difficult and several Ampfield witnesses recall that the cloud base was very low with thunderstorms.
Shortly after 12.00 noon on Sunday 2nd July 1944 their Cessna Bobcat aircraft was seen to crash into woodland about 400 yards to the north east of St Mark's Church. Sadly, there were no survivors. Witnesses recall that the pilot and co-pilot of the aircraft crashed the aircraft into the woods to avoid hitting houses in the upper part of Knapp Lane. All five had gallantly and courageously given their lives to avert further death or injury to local residents."
Details of how the memorial came about can be found in the Chicago Tribune
To find the cache, you’ll first need to visit the memorial (at the published co-ordinates) and find the following information:
A: 0-69A310
B: 0-69B340
C: 0-C11180
D: Serial nr 4D-7528
E: 0-66686E
F: 0-79298F
All six numbers when added should equal 26. The cache can then be found at:
N51 00.ABC
W001 25.DEF
Update 4th Oct 2014: clues for co-ords updated due to changes at the memorial. Final co-ords and checksum remain the same.
You are looking for a micro so you'll need to bring your own pen. Waypoint averaging has been used to set the co-ordinates, but tree cover could be problematic, especially at certain times of the year.
