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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)
jayfar
A great capture of an icon.
bazza
Fabulous Shot Sig, nice fortress!!
skyla824
awesome shot.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
renecyberdoc
yeah they usually had some nice "gifts"on board .
lyron
Great capture!!
Dreamingbee
perfect shot Sig!
Maxidyne
Nice late model B17. Well taken.
flavia49
marvelous shot and lady!
casmindo
WOW I love this shot!
bkhook
Love the big old birds. Nice shot.
UteBigSmile
Jawohl, das ist ein stolzes Stück seiner Gattung!
Faemike55
Very beautiful capture impressive plane
miztere
superb machine! great shot
Minda
stunning shot sig,Great plane.
jocko500
I reading a book on WW2 now. "Battlefields blessings" by Larry Spivey it talks about these planes. this is wonderful looking
farmerC
Splendid done.
bmac62
Glad you had your telephoto lens Sig...otherwise you'd have gotten run over shortly after taking this picture;-) Fewer and fewer of these still flying. Have you ever considered taking a $450 ride?
0rest4wicked
A beauty shot of this behemoth!
npauling
A very impressive aeroplane and a super capture of it.
bobrgallegos
Wonderful POV of this amazing plane Sig!
Osper
Nice one!!!!
bebert
superbe machine
auntietk
Excellent shot! The sound must have been something to experience.
Isabelle711
Most excellent capture my friend. :)))))) Thank you for sharing all that you see. :))))))) Carry A Smile In Your Heart :))))))
Richardphotos
I would have loved to be riding in the nose with my camera in hand.beautiful plane and capture
nefertiabet
Wow, fantastisches Flugzeug und Foto!!!
moochagoo
A really great plane !
neiwil
Beautiful!!!!..Rob and I had the pleasure of spending some time with 'Sally B' this weekend :-) a B-17 has a way of making it's presence felt..Love the guy in the nose taking pictures...
junge1
Most of the aircraft at this gathering were giving rides - for a fee, tax exempt - and all were taking off and coming back at regular intervals. So there were many opportunities for picture taking. The weather also co-operated. It was gusting with clouds on Friday and the forecast for Friday night were winds up to 60mph, heavy rain and a chance for tornadoes in the area. The airport had 1.96 inches of rain overnight and Saturday was partly cloudy, no rain, but gusty winds, usually crosswinds to runway 13/31.