There are a total of 50 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War and five German war graves. The graves form a plot in the top half of the burial ground. The Cross of Sacrifice in the corner of the plot was unveiled by the Air Member, Canadian Joint Staff on 1 June 1950.
The 37 Canadian airmen buried at Scopwick lost their lives while stationed at Digby.
They include an American airmen who served with the RCAF, P/O J G Magee, whose poem 'High Flight' became widely known. Ronald Reagan referred to it in his eulogy on the Space Shuttle , Challenger disaster.
www.macla.co.uk/scopwick/magee.php
Scopwick is a small village, mid way between Lincoln and Sleaford in Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, with a population of about 1000. It is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having a church & 6 mills. The name derives from Old English meaning the sheep farm.
To find the cache, answer the following questions and solve the equation
N.53 AB.CDE W.000 FG.HJK
Waypoint N53 06.539 W000 24.176
James Baumber died at the age of B8?
George South’s wife Jane, died on January 25th 191A?
Rebecca Smith Died November 19th 189H
Waypoint N53 06.612 W000 24.256
J.G. Magee was 1E when he died?
W.D. Gibson was 2D when he died?
Karl Heinz Krusewitz was born in 30 G 1921.
Walter Borner died on 01 F 1946.
Waypoint N53 06.614 W000 24.234
In the key, How many yellow dots represent the Kirkby Green walk = J
The last digit on the NK freephone/hotline is = K.
How many blue waypoint circles are there on the Scopwick walk leaflet = C .
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