The cache is in a 0,5
litre transparent/blue Curver plastic
food container
and had the following content from start:
- Log book
- Pencil
- A picture of my
Smashing GeoCaching Dogs (SGCD) (NB, not a
trading object! If you want a picture of the SGCD send
me an e-mail and I will send you a picture!)
- One "metal thing"
related to the surroundings (NB, not a
trading object! You have to find your own
"thing"!)
- Two
“CITO-bags” (meant to be used)
- One SBSF
pin
- One refrigerator
magnet
- An old
Lisebergskort
- One
Göteborg’s Roddförening medal
- One Gavia geocaching
business card
The cache was placed
here the 29th of August 2004 in commemoration of all the airmen who
lost their lives during the huge bomb raid, heading for Szczecin
(Stettin) and Köningsberg (Kaliningrad), that took place 60
years earlier, during the night between the 29th and 30th of August
1944.
At least 467 bombers, with their crews, left Britain that evening
and far too many were not returning home after the raid!
The name of the cache, "Avro
Lancaster MK. I LL 947 BH-W", is, for obvious reasons, the
name/type of the bomber that went down here, in the forests of
Hjörnered.
The Avro Lancaster
Mk I,
made its first flight on 9th of January, 1941. It was served by a
crew of 7.
Powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, it had a maximum speed
of 462 kmph (287 mph).
Had a range of 2 670 km (1 660 miles).
Armed with ten machine-guns it could carry 9 980 kg (22 000 lb) of
bombs.
It was 21,18 m (69 ft 6 in) long with a wingspan of 31,09 m (102
ft).
Over the five years a total of 7,377 aircraft were built
!
In this case all the
airmen, though the plane was shot at and badly injured by German
antiaircraft defence in Denmark, managed to jump with parachutes
before the planed crashed and all seven survived! The only one in
the crew, who was injured, was one who landed on a stone fence and
broke his ankle! A lot of people in the surroundings can still tell
you the story about what happened that night when many bombers went
down in Kattegat and south west of Sweden.
Give all the airmen
that sacrificed their lives to liberate Europe a thankful thought
when you visit this place, even if the story here had a really
happy ending.
You will find the
actual crash site about 30 meters SW of the cache. It’s
legal to collect items if you find anything of interest!
For your information,
aluminium melts at 658 ºC and aluminium alloys from 570
°C.
