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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 (37)
lyron
Wonderful shot!!!
thevolunteer
Interesting plane. Nice shot Sig. Aloha and have a good week.
flora-crassella
wonderful photo!!!!!
emmecielle
Beautiful shot! :)
bmac62
A very rare sight indeed. How fortunate you were to be there. Kind of a gray day too...but nothing much to be done about that...unless you have a spare sky sitting around:)
fredster66
Great photo and I believe that the sky adds to this...
jeroni
Fanstastic photo
pixelmeister
Great image!
annie5
Great shot Sig..interesting! :)
lucindawind
fabulous shot !
PD154
A great shot of this lone surviving stalwart, well done Sig.
dragonmuse
Beautiful shot :) Love the plane, but that sky really sets it off.
Richardphotos
if I could afford to take a ride in one of these, I would like the tail gunner position on takeoff and switch to the front gunner position for landing and be shooting like crazy with my camera
timtripp
gorgeous!
Darkwish
Cool shot! Really nicely done!
danob
Having served in the RAF this old beauty carries her markings with pride!
Iceshark39
Nice shot of another beautiful plane!
Tamarrion
That's the Mynarski memorial Lanc (VR-A). Part of the Canadian Warbird Heritage collection. I think they have their base in Hamilton, Ontario. Beautiful plane, great shot.
sandra46
ANOTHER GREAT SHOT OF A PLANE!!!
junge1
@Tamarrion. You are correct. I didn't want to mention this again since I had posted two other images of this same aircraft before, Sig...
flavia49
very nice pic! The cloudy sky gives the mood!
tallpindo
A lot of dedication is keeping this aircraft in top condition. Your image makes it worthwhile.
duncanoooo
The colors and sky are beautiful, great capture!
casmindo
You know how I love aircraft pictures and this one is great. Well done Sig
ysvry
great foto.
bronwyn_lea
Fantastic picture!
Minda
another awesome shot sig beautiful sky and plane..
renecyberdoc
It is amazing that so much of the oldies still fly,and i guess well maintained from the people who love them. i guess they are better maintained than some of the crappy ones flying passengers around. the calculation is simple. the airlines are in a real war concerning coasts ok i understand this. so they reduce coasts and what is the easiest way,well put some 5,6,7,10 thousand people on the street,so sometimes we do not do a 300 hour-check here and leave one 200 hour-check here and so shit happens. this is my IMAO.
lizzibell
great capture...
erlandpil
Great shot again erland