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Guinea Pigs Of WW2 Remember Team Who Saved Their Faces
The pain of their terrible burns is now a distant memory, but former Battle of Britain pilots saved by pioneering plastic surgery will remember mark a new chapter in their remarkable lives.
The Guinea Pig Club was the name the group took after undergoing pioneering facial surgery to treat disfiguring burns' injuries when their planes were shot down.
Formed in 1941, the club comprised badly wounded and burned men who were being treated at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead by pioneering surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe and his team.
Lifelong members of the club have gathered for the opening of a museum telling their story.
The club celebrated its 75th birthday earlier on this year.
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