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History buff says he's cracked WWII pigeon code

SuperChihuahua 14y ago
Original thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4821517 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4821517
gvb 14y ago
The letter that actually describes the proported decoding: http://www.scribd.com/doc/117088896/Letter-to-UK-PM-pdf http://www.scribd.com/doc/117088896/Letter-to-UK-PM-pdf (scribd) The decoding (see the letter for a more detailed justification for the claimed decoding): AOAKN - Artillery Observer At "K" Sector, Normandy. RQXSR - Requested [Head] Quaters Supplement Report PABLIZ - Panzer Attack - Blitz NLXKG - Now loading [e] X [tra] {sector] "K" Guns WAOTA - West Artillery Observer Tracking Attack LKXGH - Lt. Knows [that] (e) X [tra] Guns [are] Here [Some Brits Artillery or Infantry Officer might be with him. Now or with the other observer. In any case, the Lt. has been in touch somehow....maybe by his own courier dog.] KLDTS - Know [where] Local Dispatch Station [is] HVPKD - Have Panzers [in] "K" [sector] Determined DJHFP - Determined Jerry's Headquarters Front Posts RBQRH - Right Battery [Head] Quarters Right Here FQIRW - Found [head] Quarters Infantry Right Wing FNFJW - Final Note [confirming] Found Jerry's Whereabouts GOVFN - Go Over Field Notes [this is the same short form as WW-1] Stott is asking UK to compare this note to his "drop note" and his "noon note" CMPNW - Counter Measures [against] Panzers Not Working DJOFM - could be "Determined Jerry's Other Field Mortars JRZCQ - Jerry's Right Battery Central [Head]Quarters [here] AOAKN - Artillery Observer at "K'-sector, Normandy Stott is confirming he sent the above information to UK's XO2 operator and not the Germans. YIDDC - Yanks Infantry Division [now in] Direct Contact MIAPX - Mortar, Infantry Attack Panzers eXtra. Stott is probably telling England that they are attacking Panzers separated from the main body of tanks. HJRZH - Hit Jerry's Right or [Reserve] Battery HereOR - Hit Jerry's Right or [Reserve] Battery Headquarters AKEEQ - Already Know Electrical Engineers [head] Quarters TPZEH - Troops, Panzers, Batteries, Engineers, Here FNKTO - Final Note Known To [head]Quarters [here implied] 27 / 1526 / 6 [June 27th @ 1526 hours or 3:26pm]

Original thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4821517 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4821517

gvb 14y ago

The letter that actually describes the proported decoding: http://www.scribd.com/doc/117088896/Letter-to-UK-PM-pdf http://www.scribd.com/doc/117088896/Letter-to-UK-PM-pdf (scribd) The decoding (see the letter for a more detailed justification for the claimed decoding): AOAKN - Artillery Observer At "K" Sector, Normandy. RQXSR - Requested [Head] Quaters Supplement Report PABLIZ - Panzer Attack - Blitz NLXKG - Now loading [e] X [tra] {sector] "K" Guns WAOTA - West Artillery Observer Tracking Attack LKXGH - Lt. Knows [that] (e) X [tra] Guns [are] Here [Some Brits Artillery or Infantry Officer might be with him. Now or with the other observer. In any case, the Lt. has been in touch somehow....maybe by his own courier dog.] KLDTS - Know [where] Local Dispatch Station [is] HVPKD - Have Panzers [in] "K" [sector] Determined DJHFP - Determined Jerry's Headquarters Front Posts RBQRH - Right Battery [Head] Quarters Right Here FQIRW - Found [head] Quarters Infantry Right Wing FNFJW - Final Note [confirming] Found Jerry's Whereabouts GOVFN - Go Over Field Notes [this is the same short form as WW-1] Stott is asking UK to compare this note to his "drop note" and his "noon note" CMPNW - Counter Measures [against] Panzers Not Working DJOFM - could be "Determined Jerry's Other Field Mortars JRZCQ - Jerry's Right Battery Central [Head]Quarters [here] AOAKN - Artillery Observer at "K'-sector, Normandy Stott is confirming he sent the above information to UK's XO2 operator and not the Germans. YIDDC - Yanks Infantry Division [now in] Direct Contact MIAPX - Mortar, Infantry Attack Panzers eXtra. Stott is probably telling England that they are attacking Panzers separated from the main body of tanks. HJRZH - Hit Jerry's Right or [Reserve] Battery HereOR - Hit Jerry's Right or [Reserve] Battery Headquarters AKEEQ - Already Know Electrical Engineers [head] Quarters TPZEH - Troops, Panzers, Batteries, Engineers, Here FNKTO - Final Note Known To [head]Quarters [here implied] 27 / 1526 / 6 [June 27th @ 1526 hours or 3:26pm]