[Leica] IMGS: My Father

[Douglas Barry]

And going on all the lanterns hanging up behind him on the railings, he 
liked to supplement his flash too!

Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2016 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGS: My Father


> 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
>>>>
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>>
>>
>> -- 
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>> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
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