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War Memorial #2262 ~ Wellington HE553 Multi-Cache

Hidden : 03/02/2025
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


At the given co-ordinates, there is a plaque attatched to the fence of the Burgoyne Hotel, just to the right of the gated entrance. This commerates a Wellington bomber which crashed on Fremington Edge ( the big hill to your right as you look at the plaque) as it returned from a bombing trip to Germany. Two of the crew died, and are buried at Ripon Cemetery, with the other four members injured. A comprehensive account of the incident is covered at http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/planes/dales/he553.html .

 The cache can be located at   N54 23.ABC    W001 56.DEF, where 

A = first number on the plaque

B = the last two digits of the year added together

C = nationality, as written on the plaque, of the two casualties

D = fourth digit minus third digit

E = number of lines on bottom paragraph minus number of lines in top paragraph 

F = the number of the month this occurred

Checksum = 32 

 

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CACHES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE PLACED ON ACTUAL MEMORIALS OR WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF SUCH

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

O.B.G., oruvaq ebpx

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)