Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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