War Memorial #1909 - P/O Philp Cardell Multi-cache

Pilot Officer Philip Cardell from Great Paxton (Image: Archant)

'On September 27, 1940, Pilot Officer Philip Cardell was to make such a sacrifice for our freedom. His story is entwined with another character of the RAF, Flying Officer Peter Dexter DFC'.

'Both of these young men were flying Spitfires with 603 Squadron when they were heavily engaged in combat over the Channel. Dexter had found himself in a perilous position, fighting two enemy machines until ‘Pip’ swooped in to assist. Working as a team, the two young airmen successfully managed to regroup and shoot down their foe.'

'As they headed for home they were set upon by five more and yet another vicious dogfight ensued. After minutes of this life or death aerial duelthat seemed to last a lifetime, both of Spitfires managed to break free from the scrap but Cardell’s aircraft had been hit.'

'All of a sudden, at a height of only 300 feet, Pilot Officer Cardell bailed out, but his parachute failed to open in time and he plunged into the icy waters of the Channel.'

'Some thirty five minutes after Philip Cardell had hit the water, his body was sighted by the boat crew but, tragically, they were too late.'

The HUNTS Post 11th November 2020.

At the cache page co-ords you, besides being in front of the war memorial, you will also find a memorial stone in memory of the “Newman Chamberlain” who died March AB 1910, “Annie”, his daughter, who died August CD 1908 and Jane, his wife, who died October EF 1937.

Using the above information you should be able to work out where the cache is hidden using the following equation -

N52 AB . (C+D) (A-F) E W000 AE . (D+F) (B+D) (B+D)

Check sum of all the digits: 49

Good Luck!