Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So, this is Frank Scherschel - the photographer - and the camera looks like a Speed Graphic but I am unversed in these things. A dapper chappie indeed, with spats no less as he was covering a royal wedding at the time. You better give him and Life the accreditation they deserve, otherwise thare might be more spats :-) http://cache1.asset-cache.net/gc/53372837-photographer-frank-scherschel-covering-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=OCUJ5gVf7YdJQI2Xhkc2QEKUyyl1ax30UNJtCvkMleTWqIIKKh4lBu5l%2By4DmOF4OvqK1t4GB6cHrVCBvwJuoVOtTmr5XmzVPWqwlrdYV6E%3D Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <tmanley at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2016 3:33 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: My Father > Thanks, Douglas. I don't know anything about the camera but the photo is > a > part of the Frank Scherschel - LIFE Collections > > There is more information here: > http://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/21590 > > > And the plane is a P47 Thunderbolt. > > 1st Lt Pierce L Wiggin aboard his P-47C 41-6541 VF-A, 336FS, 4FG, 8AF > USAAF. > > Tina > > On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 8:38 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > >> They're excellent images, Tina. A brave man. A couple of questions that >> you may or may not be able to help with, what was the plane he's in and >> what was the camera used? >> >> Douglas >> whose uncle ran away from home in neutral Ireland to join the RAF at 16. >> He was cycling towards the border with Northern Ireland and the >> recruitment >> office in Belfast with a similarly inclined friend when he was stopped by >> the Gardai (Irish police). His friend's brother who knew of the plans had >> spilled the beans to his parents who immediately informed my grandfather. >> My grandfather also happened to be Chief Superintendent of the Gardai and >> head of the LSF during what we neutrals in Ireland euphemistically called >> "The Emergency" (others may better remember it as World War 2). He got on >> the phone and a couple of Gardai were detailed to wait unobtusively on >> the >> main Dublin Belfast road a couple of miles before the border to halt >> their >> gallop. He could have had them picked up earlier, but apparently wanted >> to >> "give the young fellows a bit more exercise". >> >> Sadly, a couple of years later, my uncle left school, joined the cadets >> in >> the Air Corps (Irish Air Force) and was killed in an air crash soon after >> going solo in a Miles Magister in 1944. It badly affected my grandfather >> who forbade my mother from taking up a job as an airhostess with Aer >> Lingus. >> >> http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=32912903&PIpi=14961843 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <tmanley at gmail.com> >> To: <MUGers at yahoogroups.com>; "Leica Users Group" <lug at >> leica-users.org>; >> "paw" <paw at micapeak.com>; "seephoto" <seephoto at micapeak.com>; >> "Olympus >> Camera Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> >> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2016 1:33 AM >> Subject: [Leica] IMGS: My Father >> >> >> PESO: >>> >>> My sister was Googling our father's name and came across some wonderful >>> photos of him that we have never seen before. Just in time for Father's >>> Day: >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/163489790 >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/163489791 >>> >>> He looks about 15 years old to me!! He did run away from home, lied >>> about >>> his age, and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at 17, switching to the >>> RAF later. >>> >>> I'm amazed to see these photos from long ago. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tina Manley >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com >>> >>> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >