AVIATION HISTORY
World War Two
Aviation PhotographyThe
photography on the following pages was taken by
Phil Rizzo. When Phil passed on, his wife gave
his photo collection to his nephew Frank Dovidio.
Because of his great love of Warbirds and their
history, Frank has very graciously allowed us to
present them here.
Phil Rizzo was born April
26th 1920 in Rochester New York where he grew up,
and graduated from Franklin High school in 1938.
He was inducted into the Air Force in 1942 where
he served in the eigth Air Force in England as a
photographer. He photographed bombing missions
and new medical procedures that were being
performed, now known as plastic surgery. He was
stationed in France for a short period of time
after the invasion of both France and Germany,
before his return home to Rochester New York in
the spring of 1945.
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