Air Raid! Air
Raid!
Just like the game
Battleship and shamelessly "borrowed" from cache GC14F8D
"Charleston Under Siege" there is a grid below. On it the three
bombers are hidden. They are called, simply enough, Bomber 1,
Bomber 2, and Bomber 3. Once you find all the bombers you will be
able to find the cache and prevent the bombing of the former
base.
To find the bombers simply visits the location of any of the 25
virtual locations and determine if the statement accompanying the
coordinates is true or false. A true statement qualifies as a
"hit". Each bomber covers two consecutive spaces so you will have
to find two true statements either next to each other or
above/below each other. Though you will probably not have to visit
all 25 locations you WILL have to find all three bombers.
Once you find the three bombers you will be able to use their
location to find the final cache. You will need a little
information to help you along:
*the top of the grid is north
*all planes are flying north or east
*bomber 1 and 3 are not traveling in the same direction
*bomber 2 is the southern most plane
*columns are laid out North to South and retain their numbers
1-5
*rows are laid our West to East and will become numbers 6-0 (A=6,
B=7,C=8,D=9,E=0) for use in the coordinates
The final coordinates:
N 33 40.ABC
W 078 56.DEF
A=the column in which the front of bomber 2 rests
B=the column in which the front of bomber 1 rests
C=the column in which the rear of bomber 3 rests
D=the row in which the front of bomber 3 rests
E= the column in which the rear of bomber 2 rests
F=the column in which the rear of bomber 1 rests
Hurry cachers, the city of Myrtle Beach is counting on you.
There are three coins as prizes for the first three finders
(please, if a family or couple is among the first finders - only
one prize per family/couple)
- A trackable, unactivated USAF geocoin
- A 60th Anniversary USAF coin (not trackable)
- A Department of the Air Force coin (not trackable)
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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A |
N 33° 40.063
W 078° 56.629
This field used primarily for baseball |
N 33° 39.674
W 078° 55.717
The Dedicated Crew Chief is Msgt Glen A Yoho |
N 33° 40.422
W 078° 56.489
Your tax dollars may end up here. |
N 33° 40.199
W 078° 56.115
The home of the 356 Fighter Squadron now houses the
MBPD.. |
N 33° 40.059
W 078° 56.543
5 benches inside the fence |
|
B |
N 33° 40.089
W 078° 56.402
Date on the plaque is 1979 |
N 33° 39.717
W 078° 56.274
The chapel was located on Third and Shine |
N 33° 40.143
W 078° 56.165
The tower near here was used to check flight
suits. |
N 33° 40.054
W 078° 56.375
The last words on this plaque are "they are not
forgotten". |
N 33° 40.213
W 078° 56.336
There are 5 ticket windows here. |
|
C |
N 33° 40.280
W 078° 56.175
They flew their last mission from MBAFB in 1970 |
N 33° 39.458
W 078° 56.147
Logan Amy MacDonald was born in 1983 |
N 33° 40.437
W 078° 56.103
There are 10 light towers surrounding this
"field". |
N 33° 40.153
W 078° 56.625
A home run hit from here must travel at least 300' |
N 33° 40.066
W 078° 56.420
the 4 flags flown here are: USA, SC, Horry County, and
USAF |
|
D |
N 33° 39.713
W 078° 56.212
This chief MSgt was appointed 7-1-04 |
N 33° 39.719
W 078° 55.669
The building within view is #301 |
N 33° 39.694
W 078° 56.265
25 patients could be cared for here. |
N 33° 40.084
W 078° 56.422
Lt Farrow's remains were never recovered. |
N 33° 40.193
W 078° 56.380
This flyer's aircraft received no hits in a 1944 mission over
Berlin. |
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E |
N 33° 40.692
W 078° 56.987
Bunker 567 |
N 33° 40.195
W 078° 56.173
This squadron's flag was designed in 1992 |
N 33° 39.949
W 078° 56.489
10 blue diamonds in each tiled panel |
N 33° 40.076
W 078° 56.094
markings on the fusilage are N47IB5 |
N 33° 39.912
W 078° 56.460
8 light poles on this structure |
My eternal gratitude to the following cachers for their help in
confirming and correcting my coordinates. Any errors contained
herein are mine not theirs:
Geoperson
Cache And Dash SC
aussieyanksinsc
Imagine, Marvin J, and Zephyr
And an even huger heaping of gratitude to EZTrack not only for
helping check coordinates but for creating the beautiful grid
within this cache page.
(None of the checkers had more than 5 sets of coordinates to
confirm and all questions were adjusted AFTER they checked the
coordinates as to which would be "yes" and which were "no")
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.