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The Guinea Pig Club
How severely burnt Second World War airmen learnt to overcome their terrible injuries.
They were all patients of the revolutionary plastic surgeon, Sir Archibald McIndoe.
How severely burnt Second World War airmen learnt to overcome their terrible injuries.
They were all patients of the revolutionary plastic surgeon, Sir Archibald McIndoe at a specialist burns unit.
Two of the surviving "guinea pigs" tell their stories.
Photo: Former airmen Jack Perry (left) and Sandy Saunders.
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