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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..
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Comments (31)
Faemike55
Very cool capture Sig even got a touch of prop blur
jayfar
A fantastic shot Sig.
mickeyrony
I will be so happy to be there in front of these beauties . Great pic ((5++))
kgb224
Superb capture and quite a expensive aircraft. God Bless.
drifterlee
Very cool shot and plane!
tigertim
Cool shot..if I hadn't read your title at first glance I would have said Lavochkin LA-5 or 7.. that is one hell of a conversion for sure, to get that radial on the front of a Yak 3
farmerC
Shining shot.
bebert
very nice plane
jocko500
wow you get the best shots of airplanes
adrie
Superb capture Sig.
flavia49
fantastic
Cyve
Wonderful capture and marvelous image !!!
midnightmum
I will try posting again , things are still crazy with the power going off all the time, Thanks for sharing this great picture, nice shot. & thanks for thinking of us , with the floods. It will be months before we get back to a bit of normality, PS I don't drink rum, but our Bundy rum is famous. thanks Glenda.
auntietk
Terrific capture! I clicked the link, but I was so excited (and so proud!) that it worked properly, I forgot to read the page! LOL! I'll go back and look again. Outstanding! :D
sandra46
GREAT CAPTURE
junge1
You were exited? You should have seen me Tara! Thanks again.
starship64
Great shot of a beautiful plane.
UVDan
That is a great shot!
Richardphotos
.amazing planes and I would like to hear one near tree tops at 400mph
nikolais
incredible to view this WWII machine ready to fly... cool image and coverage of the show, Sig! well done!
renecyberdoc
fantaastic.
ElusiveAngel
Very nice!
dakotabluemoon
Wow very cool capture on these.
Maxidyne
Nice capture Sig.
ontar1
Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pat40
Superb pic
ragouc
Very good POV and shot.
billcody
Well done, Sig! I like this very interesting old plane, but the crown of all is the point of view with the foreground with the car and stuff and all!
UteBigSmile
Ein toller Schnappschuss ist das!
debbielove
Nice shot and very nice paint scheme for a racer! Good shots these Sig, keep em coming! lol Rob