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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,
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Comments (32)
carlx
Excellent POV and plane!!!
emmecielle
Wonderful capture! :)
flora-crassella
ein schönes Flugzeug! Super Foto!
shadownet
Great capture!
3x3
cool shot my friend x
flaviok
Excelente captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
lucindawind
fantastic shot !
Minda
great POV and another superb capture sig!!
flavia49
I like this series!!! GREAT SHOT!!
delaorden_ojeda
fantastic serie as usual, excelent image and info, nice pov and capture Sig !
duncanoooo
Sure a strange looking Mustang! Cool, but strange....it may be worth the $$$$
bmac62
I can just imagine how HOT it must get in the cockpit on the ground!!! It sure is one of a kind. Nice.
annie5
Wonderful shot Sig! :)
timtripp
gorgeous airplane!
Buffalo1
I've never seen a B or C two seater before. Great to get the B-17 in the background. Very cool pic!
dbrv6
Great details in full view and I did not know that about the 2 seaters. Thanks.
SSoffia
EXCELLENT CAPTURE :)
Digitaleagle
Love these old planes excellent capture!!!
Richardphotos
I just looked at the schedule and I missed the last show the first part of April in Dallas.what a bummer. beautiful shot Sig
renecyberdoc
great as always you know that i love aircrafts.
PIERRE25
Un bien joli avion!
lyron
Great capture!!
JeffG7BRJ
I wish I was close by and had $2200 dollars spare Sig, it would be fantastic to go up in that for an half hour. I would most probably forget to point the camera and press the shutter release. Superb capture. Bravo!!!!!!
sandra46
WONDERFUL!
debbielove
What a great picture of a rare and wonderful aircraft. A HUGE picture as well. Glorious. AND to top it off, A B-17 in the background. Fab! Rob.
chuter
Nice shot, note the non-standard Spitfire mirror (some Mustangs sprouted two). I'll be checking these guys (Collings B-24, B-17 and P-51) out in Concord, CA in June . . . again. I believe the two 8th Air Force two-seaters were field modified "war-weary" B's that were pulled from the line and modified for high speed transports/hacks. The factory dual control TP's were, I believe, all modified D models.
jocko500
wonderrful image
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.
giovanino
beautiful and magical scene;
DennisReed
Superb!