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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..
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Comments (42)
blinkings
What a fantastic photo. Look at all those sponsors!
flora-crassella
toll!!!!!
renecyberdoc
the flying fortress,isnt-it'?terriffic big bird.great shooting.
lizzibell
great capture...
lyron
Excellent!!
PIERRE25
Excellente capture!
ledwolorz
Fantastic photo.
jeroni
Fanstastic photo
drace68
Whoo! The detail in the zoom enlargment is super. Thanks for posting this image.
JeffG7BRJ
Zoom is a must for this pic, fantastic detail Sig, I will send a link to this to my friend that ground crews on the B-17 over here. Superb panoramic!! Bravo!!!!!
emmecielle
Fantastic photo! :)
timtripp
excellent photo!
theprojectionist
Shes Awesome and its great too see people getting behind this classic
debbielove
Utter great shot! Well done Sig. Rob.
flavia49
superb shot!!!
sandra46
fantastic photo!
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.
flaviok
Impressionante meu amigo, uma captura perfeita, aplausos (5)
shadownet
Great panoramic view, made even more so when you zoom in.
Buffalo1
You can't beat a shot like. Fantastic capture for all us airplane nuts! Well done, Sig!
annie5
Interesting capture..excellent panorama/photo! :)
carlx
Wonderful presentation!!!
Hendesse
Fantastic shot, outstanding details. Looks superb!
bmac62
Need I say it? I love this...going in my favorites. Now, since I've been fiddling with panoramics myself lately, did you take your four photos in landscape or portrait mode? If in landscape, which we usually think about, if this was in portrait, I'll bet you would have gotten all of the B-17 in the foreground. If you used portrait...then shut my mouth:-) One way or the other, this is an excellent panorama.
rawdodb
Stunning shot!!!!!!
Minda
beautiful photo and another great capture sig!!
ysvry
great foto.
casmindo
I went today and posted a picture of the Witchcraft. Nice shot Sig these old planes are very moving!
MrsLubner
You got my attention with the thumbnail. So clean, clear, vibrantly colored and well composed.
MagikUnicorn
Very nice plane and Gorgeous Panorama