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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 (27)
jocko500
cool shot
Minda
amazing shot sig..:)Have a Great weekend..
Richardphotos
you must have had a blast seeing all the displays.outstanding capture
Faemike55
I want one!!!!!!! Great capture
blinkings
Terrific shot of this old warhorse.
renecyberdoc
excellent presentation.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
jayfar
Super shot and scene Sig.
UteBigSmile
Diese US-Karren mochte ich schon als Kind!
lyron
Nice image!!!
Dreamingbee
so cool photo Sig!!! have a good day
Xanthmann
Awesome! Great little 'in the field joke,' too.
debbielove
What a great shot! Excellent detailing.. :-) Love the title lol Well thought up.. Had me wondering ... Well done mate. Rob
Maxidyne
I need to get to more of these shows. Excellent shot Sig!
psyoshida
Quite a large get together. Nice shot.
farmerC
Shining done.
bmac62
Excellent pic Sig. You know me...had to identify this: Dodge WC62 3/4 ton truck:) Every US Car manufacturer stopped building cars between 1942-1945 but they built lots of fine trucks for the war.
auntietk
That looks like fun! Nice shot.
junge1
Thanks Bill. I am counting on you and others to identify these old trucks, because I don't know anything about them!
Mark@poser
Nice shot...I wish someting like that event occurred around here...
sandra46
WONDERFUL SHOT I LOVE REENACTMENTS
flavia49
fantastic image!! great capture
virginiese
It looks like it was a great fair : there are a lot of people. Great car too !
drifterlee
Nice shot!
mariogiannecchini
Very beautiful capture !
UVDan
Nice shot. I wish I could have been there.
danapommet
A wonderful collection of the old equipment. Nice photo!