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 (24)
icerian
Fascinating air plain.
UVDan
What a great shot!
Faemike55
Cool capture
kgb224
Stunning capture. God Bless.
vis151
Awesome photos and plane
lyron
Nice image!!
UteBigSmile
Toller Schnappschuss, normal dass er seine Kappe festhált!
bobrgallegos
Great POV of this awesome old war bird!!
farmerC
Shining.
jayfar
Nice shot, lots more detail in zoom.
bkhook
A beautiful bird. Thanks for sharing.
whaleman
Wish I was there! Great capture!
Briney
Lucky he's got earphones! Imagine what an entire squadron would sound like?
debbielove
Hold on to your hat mate! lol Great view, sweet looking aircraft.. must have sounded impressive, looks like a 'G' model.. Good shot! Rob
Maxidyne
How great does this look??? You can almost sense the noise and as Rob points out "Hold on...." This size of the image really brings out the detail.
bebert
superb "taxy"
junge1
Nowadays wearing that kind of head gear is a guaranteed write up during an IG inspection, but now they have to worry about that kind of apparel getting sucked into the jet intakes.
flavia49
splendid image
ysvry
great foto, i always wondered if that rudder needed to be that big?
starship64
Nice picture. I love those old warbirds.
Richardphotos
outstanding capture.too bad it was so dark
BardCoennius
And they were such amazing machines...able to take so much punishment and still make it home.
danapommet
An excellent photo of the 'top gunners' position.
theprojectionist
Great,i just built a kit of a B17G,and an enormous puzzle of its interior,but i have a favorite the B29.