THEIR FINEST HOUR LbNA #60468
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jan 8, 2012 |
| Location: | MESSERCHMIDT Wildlife Management aera |
| City: | Deep River |
| County: | Middlesex |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 3 |
| Planted by: | butterfly  |
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| Found by: | Traveln Turtle |
| Last found: | Oct 29, 2019 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Sep 27, 2015 |
These boxes were planted by Jay Drew and over the years , the area has changed and the first box wemt missing . This has been a group effort to restore this wonderful series . Pam of old Music Woman fame , carved the new stamp , and Donna AKA Donutz made a new log book and helped so much to get them planted . Thanks to them both that these wonderful boxes are now out again , planted in new places for you to hunt . As Donutz says -"Enjoy"
and get out boxing
butterfly
The clues as written by Jay Drew and tweeked by me .
Clues
Their Finest Hour
"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills: we shall never surrender."
Winston Churchill, 1940
One of the great conflicts of the Second World War took place in the skies above Great Britain and the English Channel in the summer of 1940. This epic engagement, the Battle of Britain, pitted two nations against each other, one struggling for survival, the other striving for domination. For months the world held its breath while the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe dueled high above in the English sky. And when the battle was over, for the first time ever in the war, Germany had failed to gain a military objective and defeat an opponent. For the British, standing resolute against unbearable odds, it was a glorious victory. For the rest of the world, the Battle of Britain was a crucial turning point in World War II.
At the Messerschmidt Pond Wildlife Management Area in Deep River, CT, find three letterboxes dedicated to the gallantry of the men and women who fought in World War II. From I-95 exit 64, follow Rte. 145 north 2.6 miles and turn right on Cross Rd. At the end, turn left on Westbrook Rd and park opposite the dam/spillway in the lot on your right. This is an easy hike, about two miles.
"Never was so much owed by so many to so few."
Winston Churchill
"He must have been thinking of our liquor bills."
Unidentified RAF pilot
Supermarine Spitfire Mk II Fighter
The first all-metal fighter plane produced for the Royal Air Force, the Spitfire captured the imagination of the British people and went down in history as the best defensive weapon of the war.
Head southeast through the gate on the main trail - sort of paved to a big open field. Stay southeast here and go between sugar maples and immediately bear right on 220° on a path towards a levee-dam . Just before you head over the dam , take a left and scramble down along the side of the dam . A large tree grows close to the stonework. Look up and see where the cement cap begins , and a few feet to the right and down mid way in a chink behind small stones hides the Supermarine Spitfire Mk ll Fighter ready for flight . Please hide this back well and out of sight . .
Dornier Do 17z-2 Medium Bomber (The Flying Pencil)
Originally rejected as a passenger plane by Lufthansa, this fast and well-armored Luftwaffe aircraft did extensive damage on missions against British Channel convoys and then as a low-level bomber against RAF targets on land. Popular with the men who flew it, the Dornier was rugged, fast, and maneuverable. Even so, its crews suffered heavy losses against radar-guided British fighter planes.
Return to the sugar maples and make your way to the east end of the field. Down to the right in the trees at another maple is a smaller path curving northwards. There are fine wetlands 100 meters off to the east. Stick with this northwards trail as another path joins from the left [ which will be our short cut back on the return trip ]. Then fork left (north-northwest), then fork left again. Stay with the main trail when another joins from the right. The path levels off and goes as straight as a landing strip . It eventually narrows, gets a bit more eroded, and climbs gently. . Notice a small mound on the right and soon a large boulder shows up seemingly at the end of the runway !! The trail seems to end at this point . To the left of the boulder is a large Oak tree where The Flying Pencil has landed under a stone .
Now as you return back down the runway and pass the other trails on the left ,Water comes into view on your left , and watch out for your short cut ~~ the trail will be on the right . Take it and it travels up a small incline , nice ledges off to the right . Stay on this trail as it bears to the right at the field and goes into the woods . As you exit back onto the paved woods road , watch for the large rock jumble on the right . Close to the trail edge are two large flat table rocks. Climb around them and underneath in a large airport hanger is your last prize the
Junkers Ju 87B-1 Stuka Dive Bomber
Striking fear into enemies of the Reich from blitzkreig tactus in the Spanish civil war and shattering devastation in Poland and Belgum, the notorious Stuka arrived in the skies over the homeland of the British Isles at a disadvantage, proving to be too slow and sluggish to fight the RAF. It's invincible reputation was shattered and hundreds were shot down before Field Marshall Herman Goering pulled them from the Battle of Britain.
"If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: 'This was their finest hour!'"
Sir Winston Churchill, 1940
and get out boxing
butterfly
The clues as written by Jay Drew and tweeked by me .
Clues
Their Finest Hour
"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills: we shall never surrender."
Winston Churchill, 1940
One of the great conflicts of the Second World War took place in the skies above Great Britain and the English Channel in the summer of 1940. This epic engagement, the Battle of Britain, pitted two nations against each other, one struggling for survival, the other striving for domination. For months the world held its breath while the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe dueled high above in the English sky. And when the battle was over, for the first time ever in the war, Germany had failed to gain a military objective and defeat an opponent. For the British, standing resolute against unbearable odds, it was a glorious victory. For the rest of the world, the Battle of Britain was a crucial turning point in World War II.
At the Messerschmidt Pond Wildlife Management Area in Deep River, CT, find three letterboxes dedicated to the gallantry of the men and women who fought in World War II. From I-95 exit 64, follow Rte. 145 north 2.6 miles and turn right on Cross Rd. At the end, turn left on Westbrook Rd and park opposite the dam/spillway in the lot on your right. This is an easy hike, about two miles.
"Never was so much owed by so many to so few."
Winston Churchill
"He must have been thinking of our liquor bills."
Unidentified RAF pilot
Supermarine Spitfire Mk II Fighter
The first all-metal fighter plane produced for the Royal Air Force, the Spitfire captured the imagination of the British people and went down in history as the best defensive weapon of the war.
Head southeast through the gate on the main trail - sort of paved to a big open field. Stay southeast here and go between sugar maples and immediately bear right on 220° on a path towards a levee-dam . Just before you head over the dam , take a left and scramble down along the side of the dam . A large tree grows close to the stonework. Look up and see where the cement cap begins , and a few feet to the right and down mid way in a chink behind small stones hides the Supermarine Spitfire Mk ll Fighter ready for flight . Please hide this back well and out of sight . .
Dornier Do 17z-2 Medium Bomber (The Flying Pencil)
Originally rejected as a passenger plane by Lufthansa, this fast and well-armored Luftwaffe aircraft did extensive damage on missions against British Channel convoys and then as a low-level bomber against RAF targets on land. Popular with the men who flew it, the Dornier was rugged, fast, and maneuverable. Even so, its crews suffered heavy losses against radar-guided British fighter planes.
Return to the sugar maples and make your way to the east end of the field. Down to the right in the trees at another maple is a smaller path curving northwards. There are fine wetlands 100 meters off to the east. Stick with this northwards trail as another path joins from the left [ which will be our short cut back on the return trip ]. Then fork left (north-northwest), then fork left again. Stay with the main trail when another joins from the right. The path levels off and goes as straight as a landing strip . It eventually narrows, gets a bit more eroded, and climbs gently. . Notice a small mound on the right and soon a large boulder shows up seemingly at the end of the runway !! The trail seems to end at this point . To the left of the boulder is a large Oak tree where The Flying Pencil has landed under a stone .
Now as you return back down the runway and pass the other trails on the left ,Water comes into view on your left , and watch out for your short cut ~~ the trail will be on the right . Take it and it travels up a small incline , nice ledges off to the right . Stay on this trail as it bears to the right at the field and goes into the woods . As you exit back onto the paved woods road , watch for the large rock jumble on the right . Close to the trail edge are two large flat table rocks. Climb around them and underneath in a large airport hanger is your last prize the
Junkers Ju 87B-1 Stuka Dive Bomber
Striking fear into enemies of the Reich from blitzkreig tactus in the Spanish civil war and shattering devastation in Poland and Belgum, the notorious Stuka arrived in the skies over the homeland of the British Isles at a disadvantage, proving to be too slow and sluggish to fight the RAF. It's invincible reputation was shattered and hundreds were shot down before Field Marshall Herman Goering pulled them from the Battle of Britain.
"If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: 'This was their finest hour!'"
Sir Winston Churchill, 1940