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..
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Comments (46)
lizzibell
Great capture...
Osper
Nice shot.
Iceshark39
Beautiful shot against the sunset!
beachzz
beautiful shot, the colors are wonderful---and that a HUGE plane!!
thevolunteer
Wow, what an awesome shot. With that sunset, it really make the shot great. Well done. Aloha
renecyberdoc
impressive mother here.
flora-crassella
what a wonderful sky!!!! Great photo!
artaddict2
remarkable sky and silhouette, impressive image!
erlandpil
Great picture erland
lyron
Stunning image!!!
jeroni
Wonderful and very creative work
Butch
nice shot of one of my favorite planes. B-24's were a workhorse of WWII and yet got hardly any notice. Everyone remembers the B-17 or the B-29 but few remember the B-24. A great plane! My stepgrandfather was a tail-gunner and ball gunner on a B-24 which might be one of the reasons that it's my favorite....
bugatti
great ...
fredster66
Great time of day that yuo caught this at... nice!
debbielove
WHAT A STUNNING SHOT!!!!!!!! WONDERFUL. Is that a B-17 on the left there, just pushing into shot? I think so..... Brilliance deserves credit! Rob.
timtripp
superb image!
furuta
Fantastic sky and silhouette. wonderful photo!!
kgb224
Stunning work my friend.Thank you for sharing.
flavia49
Glorious Arizona's sky and a precious silhouette of the B-24. My parents, (I'm Italian from Venice but my parents at that time lived in Rimini on the Gothic Line) told me about the B-24s during the WWII , and of the "Pippos", too (my father during the end of the war, helped to fix their engines). Thank you for sharing!!!
casmindo
Nice shot Sig I love the old B-24 and used to see this one often.
flaviok
Fantástica, captura soberba, aplausos (5)
bmac62
Old elephant ears. Great looking photo.
annie5
I like the sky..great shot! :)
emmecielle
Splendid photo! :)
virginiese
I love the sky... Nice plane !
MagikUnicorn
Wonderful sky & shadow capture here Well done
pixelmeister
Great sky! Nice image!
MongusKing
Fantastic capture my friend! XCellent as always!!
ysvry
great foto, calling a bomber Liberator, is that synic or what?
marcopolinski
awesome capture!