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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 (36)
Faemike55
Very impressive bird Great capture
flaviok
Visão impressionante, excelente captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
crunch01
fantastic shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love Lancasters!!!
UVDan
Super shot and an overlooked POV. Imagine you are a FW-190. Me too crunch01 Lancasters rock!
bobrgallegos
Outstanding capture!!
kbrog
Great capture! :)
sandra46
wonderful image!
Richardphotos
I like views like this.true that not many do it
flavia49
magnificent
auntietk
It even looks menacing from the back! Great shot.
taliesin86001
Absolutely awesome!
tigertim
Excellent photo, thanks for sharing. Nice to see a shot of the Lanc from the tail end!
West_coaster07
Nicely done!!
bebert
beautiful plane
jocko500
wow this is wonderful shot
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
renecyberdoc
a big bomber in its time.
UteBigSmile
Super Schnappschuss!
Hendesse
Excellent and very interesting shot!
jayfar
A different view but very unmistakable. Super shot.
sharky_
Outstanding shot... Aloha
bazza
Great rear shot of this Lancaster Sig!!
Briney
Mmmm.. the Luftwaffe-eye view... only they'd never make it this close.
erlandpil
Great capture! erland
dakotabluemoon
Oh i like this view one terrific shot here.
Maxidyne
A very good rear shot. I've not seen many taken fronm this POV. Give a good idea of the sheer size of the Lancaster. 10/10.
farmerC
Splendid.
debbielove
And it's certainly big enough to provide allot of shade! lol Excellent view, and I love the way you could get very close.. The only way you can get close to the BBMF Lanc, is to go on a tour of where they live at RAF Coningsby.. There you can take a tour of their maintenance hangers.. BUT, there is always a chance that it or some of the other BBMF aircraft may be performing flying duties somewhere... Excellent Sig.. Well done! Rob
moochagoo
Quite good POV :)
Leije
Very impressive !