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. message source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/907249652996436 . decoder badge source: https://the-wanderling.com/captain_midnight.html My Dad would have been 11 years old in 1941 but not sure if he listened to Captain Midnight or not.  He was always crazy about the Navy and boats so maybe he listened to Don Winslow ?  Or he also liked Tom Mix.  One time he and my Grandpa went to the Tom Mix circus while they were living in Appleton.  The tent came down during the performance, I guess it was scary: BTW, I hope that SPAM (and eggs) had nothing to do with the cholera in Shanghai ! I miss being able to search the Milwaukee Journal archives with Google. Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm

But then I saw their price: https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/98511/CAPTAIN-MIDNIGHTS-AWARD-OF-MERIT-1941-MINT-RARE-BRASS-PILOTS-BADGE-CERTIFICATE-MAILER But it is a nice premium. Here is a beautiful picture of one from Jon Gothold on Faceb: source of pictures: member Jon Gothold on the Radio Premiums group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/907249652996436 the certificate says:  " . . . 24 karat Gold Plated Pilot's Badge shown above designed from the official United States Army pilot's wings . . ." BTW, don't confuse the blog title with a movie of a similar vintage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Wanted_Wings Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm             

 I saw this post on the Face Radio Premiums group by Larry Zdeb: And of course had to try decoding the messsage: But whoever had owned the ring left it on the correct combination so the decode wasn't hard: 00000000011111111112222222 12345678901234567890123456 ========================== hfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwimv   no kid can resist the taste of rich chocolate ovaltine fkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvh kxdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhf xdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfk dpoejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkx poejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxd oejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdp ejbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpo jbtnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoe btnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoej tnqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejb nqzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbt qzguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtn zguyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnq guyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqz uyrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzg yrcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzgu rcaslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguy caslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyr aslwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrc slwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrca lwimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcas wimvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcasl imvhfkxdpoejbtnqzguyrcaslw...

 I saw this picture on Facebox, posted by Larry Zdeb on the Radio Premiums group: It's a pocket locator aka a walkie talkie - from the Captain Midnight / Jet Jackson TV show: source first episode:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WN9xksVDtXw The kid  is in San Diego, CA.     Captain Midnight and his lab guy, Tut (Olan Soule), are at the secret mountain base, location unknown.  So the pocket locator must have great range. Someone has to put this on their to-do list ! Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm

 I saw this code diary posted to the Radio Premiums group by Larry Zdeb on Faseboo:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/907249652996436 Can you imagine being a kid in 1941, listening to a show where there's a never ending battle with evil, listening to secret codes, with the USA less than a year away from entering an ongoing war  but also being organized enough to keep a diary of Captain Midnight Secret Squadron messages ?  I know I never would have been that smart. I mentioned the 1942 Captain Midnight secrets in a previous blog posting: https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2022/05/lives-there-heart-so-un-kid-like-that.html Interesting thing here is the master code record.  Over 7 sessions they only used 4 of the 26 master codes !  Pierre Andre should have been ashamed of himself, this was providing aid and comfort to the forces of Ivan Shark.  Using the same master code over and over makes it easier for those evil doers to crack the cipher and thus be enab...

Not me anyway.  Maybe that's the big attraction of ham radio for a kid, the Morse code and radio terminology that other people just don't understand. Larry Zdeb posted a 1942 Captain Midnight secret message on the Radio Premiums Face group: I spend too much time on Face So with a challenge like that, the hint was that a code was on the Captain Midnight 1942 Flight Commander medal.  I looked at the front and the back picture of that medal via image search and no help. unsure of the hint Then I figured it would use a Captain Midnight 1942 Code-o-graph.  The hint was for setting the Code-o-graph but since I didn't understand that, brute force would have to work. that brass part on the right was an opening for a photo I looked at the images of the Code-o-graph on the internet, the inner dial has the numbers 1-26, the outer ring has the letters.  At first I  tried "cutting out" the numbered dial using Photoshop and then could it be turned somehow ? I was never good a...