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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 (26)
flaviok
Impressionante captura e info meu amigo, aplausos (5)
flora-crassella
ein tolles Flugzeug!!!! Super Foto!!!
drifterlee
AWesome plane!!!!!
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
rachris480907
I love this plane. And the Blue Angels. Great shot, Sig! By any chance, this wasn't taken at the air museum in Tucson, was it? TFS!
SIGMAWORLD
Klasse Foto!
sandra46
GREAT CAPTURE
Faemike55
Great capture, Sig! they are impressive birds
whaleman
They are great aircraft and I remember photographing them during one airshow in Abbotsford, BC.
flavia49
amazing capture!
delaorden_ojeda
excelent capture Sig , great info and pov
bobrgallegos
Awesome photo of this classic old fighter!!!
auntietk
Oh dear ... this is one of the photographs where all I can think of to say is, "Oh! It's blue and yellow! How pretty!" LOL! You shot it at a good angle, and it shows up nicely. Of course you know my eyes have glazed over ... :P
bazza
Great shot and info on this plane Sig!!
blinkings
Very cool. What a great find!
Lashia
Great capture- thanks for sharing! :)
Selina Photography™
erlandpil
Superb capture erland
renecyberdoc
fantastic bird.
mariogiannecchini
Awesome photo of this classic old fighter!!!
Richardphotos
beautiful capture of this awesome jet
carlx
Excellent capture!!!
danapommet
Great POV and capture. They were flying these when I was in the Navy but who had a decent camera at $78 a month. :>) Dana
Osper
I remember these. Neat looking A/C.
bmac62
Fine shot Sig. You got #2...I got #5.
Buffalo1
The Tiger was the most elegant jet the USN flew. I saw the Blue Angels flying this type at an air show whe I was a small boy!
bebert
nice palne