EPISODE · Apr 10, 2013 · 8 MIN

The Guinea Pig Club

from Witness History: World War Two history · host BBC World Service

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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