GC1N5R1 Mission Impossible MK 3 : As High as a Kitey (Unknown Cache) in East Midlands, United Kingdom created by Kitey

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Kitey: Time to be finally laid to rest. Thanks to all who found it - I hope you had as much fun solving it as I did setting it. Kitey

For those that never managed to solve it:
Stage 1: The person of interest was John Gillespie Magee and his Poem High Flight
Stage 2: Convert the Nuthatch and Wigeon birds from the second poem (a masterpiece even if I say so myself) to coordinates using the given numbers.

GC1N5R1 ▼

A cache by Kitey Message this owner

Hidden : 2/28/2009

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A mystery person and cryptographic puzzle set in and around Milton Keynes.

Now that Spring is approaching, I thought I would set some more in my series of Puzzle Caches to get you all out and about.

It will be possible to complete any cache in the series individually, but it will probably be much easier to solve them in order. A clue will be provided in each cache giving some help in solving the next one (or previous one) in the series. There will be a unique, personalised and exhilarating prize for the first Cacher to complete the Series.

To discover the whereabouts of this cache, you will need identify the individual (X) described below, decode the piece of Ciphertext and solve a further riddle that will become apparent when you arrive at the initial location.

X was born in the Far East to Missionary parents.

X has the same name as one parent.

X was educated in the Far East, England and America.

X trained in Wales and produced their most famous piece of work during that period.

X has no connection to, and never visited Milton Keynes (as far as I am aware).

X died in a tragic accident near Sleaford whilst still very young.

In what year did X die? This is ABCD.

Now you have identified X, the next stage is to decode this piece of Ciphertext :

112, 92, 22, 48, 60, 40, 12, 33, 61, 2, 37, 97
110, 46, 67, 15, 96, 75, 87, 75, 20, 10, 29, 3, 9, 19
104, 95, 26, 62, 43, 34, 88, 31, 41, 63, 85
106, 54, 80, 90, 52, 59, 76, 35, 47, 93
103, 11, 89, 83, 53, 72, 39, 98, 23, 56
113, 29, 51, 84, 8, 78, 82, 55, 70, 37, 66, 68
114, 80, 12, 38, 88, 83, 62, 20, 11, 14, 77, 99, 17, 39, 30
105, 71, 101, 16, 38, 61, 46, 83
108, 24, 50, 32, 69, 82, 64, 68, 85, 5, 45, 89
105, 57, 27, 94, 81, 11, 75, 44, 71, 58
105, 93, 52, 37, 83, 74, 22, 42, 25, 73, 6

To give you a start, I have placed clues in my other caches in this series in and around Milton Keynes :

1 - Mission Impossible MK 2 : Shenley Brook End (GC1JZ9A)
2 - Mission Impossible MK 4 : It’s Called a What? (GC1MBZV)

Oh and finally, these numbers may be useful at some point in the adventure :
a = 4, b = 3, c = 9, d = 4, e = 5, f = 9, g = 0, h = 0, i = 0, j = 1, k = 8,
l = 7, m = 3, n = 7, o = 6, p = 2, r = 1, s = 6, t = 2, u = 5, v = 8, y = 7

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle] Gb nibvq pbashfvba nyy ulcurangrq jbeqf pbhag nf gjb jbeqf. [1st Stage] Whfg or tynq vg’f abg qbja. [Cache] Jnvfg uvtu

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)