History buff says he's cracked WWII pigeon code
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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]
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