Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >