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7May1944 WWII English Royal Air Force Bomber Crash Traditional Cache

Hidden : 5/1/2016
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

For this box you need to prepare in advance renting a Kayak or some sort of boat, because it's on water !
Neajlov's Delta is like a small version of Danube Delta, situated not too far from Bucharest.
Besides this, you can take a Run or Bike in the forest, because it's awesome again.

This cache is hidden where a UK Airplane was hit in WWII. No airplane is there, only a sign with the story.


Here, in this place, was shot down on May 7, 1944, English Royal Air Force Bomber by German antiaircraft located in 'Fantana cu Nuc' (Walnut Fountain).
The five crew members removed from the remains of the plane were:
WO Stanley Clapke (549 834) Pilot
Sgt Leonard William COX (1319714) Nav
Sgt Robert Peter Scott (1399813) (RAF VR) W. Op. Air
Sgt George Samuel VAUGHAN (2210449) (RAF VR) Air GNR
Sgt Clifford WALKER (1622662) (RAF VR) Air Bom

Pilot of the plane torched, on his final effort, intentionally has avoided Comana village preventing loss of human lives.

Comana village have taken out those in the plane crashed in this place, they washed after customs and showed them re erence, depositing them in the crypt Heroes of World War I, in the Monastery which houses the remains of great voivode Vlad Tepes (Dracula).

They afterwards buried in the Christian Orthodox tradition, job being committed by Nicola Militaru, the village priest.

"Gesture of inhabitants of these communities to bury strangers no matter their faith and purpose or what they had, is an example for the entire     globe."
Colonel Andrew Bruce

ps: Google Maps is more exact than this map, so the Box is not deep in the reed.

ps2: You can't rent Kayak from Adventure Park Comana, because they have their own lake which is way smaller. There are on FB some events on that place with Kayak.

ps3: To put your Kayak on water immediately after the bridge, before entering the Comana Village, take a right on a non-paved road, and put your Kayak at: 44.179765, 26.135575 because it's a very convenient place.

ps4: I'm a Kayak (for 2 people) owner and I encourage everybody to fall in love with Kayaking in our beautiful lakes.  

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gurer vf n zntargvp pnpur uvqqra fbzrjurer oruvaq gur cnary.

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)