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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
Comments (29)
3x3
lovely capture
artaddict2
Marvelous capture Sig, I would love to go take shots of old aircraft in flight!
renecyberdoc
very nice shot indeed,i was always fascinated by aircraft,the biggest moment on this subject was when the C5A_galaxys landed in Luxembourg for a manoeuvre with nato-troops. well done amigo.favorito!!!!!!!!!!!!
bmac62
Good shot of Fifi's posterior...tail gunner position and all. That tail gun position looks like that on the first models of the B-52...must have been A Models. Then it went away as unneeded. Just did a quick catch-up read on a CAF site...FiFi is now at Midland, TX undergoing "reengining" to bring her back to flying condition once again. Glad you posted this...I didn't know about Fifi. Bill
kgb224
Awesome capture my friend.
PIERRE25
Impressionnants appareils, jolie capture!
lyron
Great shot!!
lizzibell
Nice capture...
fredster66
Looks great Sig!
timtripp
terrific
jeroni
Splendid composition and colors my friend
emmecielle
Interesting shot! :)
casmindo
Really nice shot Sig maybe not as colorful as your last but thank you for both of them. I beleive the B-29 is my favorite of all times! Great set up with 2 planes on the ground and the Fortress in the air makes it look like it is part of a movie.
lucindawind
fantatic short of the 3 intersecting like that
flaviok
Uma captura soberba, aplausos (5)
moonrancher
Great group shot! All very interesting and the sense of motion.
Buffalo1
Wish I got an airshow shot like this one of "FIFI" taking off with foreground Tora bombers. I have two of "FIFI" flyin' by in my gallery, Sig.
dragonmuse
Fascinating. I admire the groups that go to all the effort of keeping these bits of history alive.
thevolunteer
I don't believe they make planes like these any more. A big part of history. Nice shot. Aloha
MagikUnicorn
Oh my COOL SHOT
Photospring
I've seen Fifi at the Wings Over Houston Air Show in Houston in the 80's... What an amazing feeling to see such history!
Minda
wow! this is cool sig awesome capture.
ragouc
Cool shot.
dbrv6
Cool shot! I have heard of the CAF now and then but never seen one of their shows.
bebert
stunning shot !!
pixelmeister
Well done! Cool shot!
debbielove
Stunning shot! Picture says it all. Iconic plane. Infamous and famous at the time! the UK used these after WW2 and called them Washington's! As you do.... There is one at Duxford, in the American Air Museum. It flew in. Great picture, my friend. Many thanks! Rob.
tetsu-pino
Cool!! Splendid capture my friend!!
Flbenjamin
This is a classic photo. Timing is everything. Excellent shot on the take off