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Jan Stangryciuk-Black (pictured), who has died aged 101, a Polish veteran, was one of the airmen who underwent pioneering plastic surgery after suffering burn injuries in the Second World War.

Polish vet Jan Stangryciuk-Black, 101, is final RAF Guinea Pig Club member to dieThe last surviving member of the RAF's 'Guinea Pig Club' has died aged 101.

The brave men, who numbered 649 by the end of the war, jokingly referred to themselves as the Guinea Pig Club due to the uncertain outcomes they faced during treatment. Valiant: Jan Stangryciuk-Black, the last surviving member of the RAF's 'Guinea Pig Club' has died aged 101 The RAF Benevolent Fund said the men were key in 'challenging the perception that disabilities were life-limiting'.

 

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