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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 (38)
jayfar
A super capture Sig. I will be posting a shot tomorrow that you might be interested in!
West_coaster07
Wonderful capture Sig!!
erlandpil
Wonderful capture erland
Hendesse
Great shot. Fantastic POV an details.
bobrgallegos
Great POV of this awesome plane!!
kbrog
How would you like that thing coming at you! :D Can you say Swiss cheese? ;D LOL! Excellent capture!
tigertim
That's an interesting photo, framing based around the armament.. a great idea.
mickeyrony
Some nice riffles on each side . Tanks to share it whit us ((5++))
trishabadblood
very cool shot ... love the angle and how toy showed jacky as the main eye catcher...
rocdan
wonderful shot of this time old beauty
Maxidyne
They look like simple tubes but i'm guessing they pack quite a punch! Very well detailed capture Sig.
blinkings
Very nice.
flavia49
amazing capture
Richardphotos
there was some serious fire power.sharp capture
taliesin86001
Great capture of an awesome plane! to bad they had to cover the canopy...but I can see it was raining!
munich68
These guns must have produced some pandemonium!
Faemike55
I need those for when I deal with the idiot drivers..... Cool capture
Minda
This is amazing capture sig.
UVDan
Excellent photo.
starship64
Very nice shot.
whaleman
Jacky could get a lot of revenge with this baby!
auntietk
Complete with rain and D-Day stripes! We see a lot of that here! :)
UteBigSmile
Toller Schnappschuss!
farmerC
Shining.
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.
pat40
Wonderful.
bmac62
A P-47N...the last and best of the series. This one went to the Yugoslavian Air Force way back and was returned to the USA and flying condition in the early 1990s from derelict condition in Belgrade. Every warbird has a story worth noting:) Nice capture Sig.
debbielove
Neat shot! I like this close up! Looks like you had weather like we had at Flying Legends, Rained in the morning, sunny in the afternoon.. But I love the shot Sig.. Rob
Diemamker
Great shot of this great plane...
moochagoo
Love the name of that plane.