Problem deleting locked files copied to my Time Capsule

I'm having difficulty deleting some locked files buried in nested directories that I copied to my Time Capsule. The usual procedure for recursively unlocking them using Get Info on the parent directory doesn't work because the lock icon in the bottom right corner of the get info window is absent regardless of whether I login as an admin or as root. After a couple of discussions with Apple Upper Level support, my options are to individually unlock each file (which will take forever with 350+ GB) or to reformat the disk and thereby lose the sparse bundle backups for my two Macs which I want to avoid. I can always write off those 350 GB and live with the remaining space, but I know there must be another way. Anyone have any ideas? I'm wondering if its possible to login as root and use a terminal window to mount the Time Capsule partition, change to the parent directories and recursively change the file permissions (chmod 777), and then recursively delete the files (rm -r). Apple support couldn't help me with this and it's been awhile since I've used unix, but if I can get a little help, I think this should work. Worse case scenario I end up reformatting the disk and lose my backups, assuming I don't blow away any files required to erase and reformat the disk. Any unix gurus out there that can help an old dweeb find his way? Thanks.

Thanks for the windows suggestion. I may be able to scare up an old Windows XP laptop but I'm not sure how I would connect the TC to it. Will windows recognize the TC via an Ethernet connection? Also, I think windows may be the original culprit as I ran across an old post with a similar issue:
"I copied folders + files from an old PC external hard drive onto my Time Capsule and now want to delete them (send them to the trash can). The files have been deleted but the empty folders remain with the following message: "The operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items." Time Capsule does not show up on Disk Utility. There is only one user id on my computer (that's me) with read write & access. Get Info on the undeletable Folders does not indicate that they are locked. I suspect it may have something to do with legacy permissions from the old PC but Apple tells me these should be reset when the files are copied across."
I see the same error message and I'm certain there are lots of windows files buried in my directories.

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