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"The Club will go on until the very last one of us finishes his journey's end"

At 88 years old, John Miles is the only remaining post war Guinea Pig. In 1951, John was on a basic training exercise when the Harvard he was flying crashed and caught…

"There was a mirror on the wall and I was just horrified by what I saw"

Sandy Saunders was just 22 years old when his aircraft crashed and caught fire in World War Two. Sandy miraculously freed himself from the wreckage and was subsequently…

The pioneering plastic surgeon who restored the minds and bodies of Allied aircrew

Born in New Zealand in 1900, Sir Archibald McIndoe was destined to be a gifted and talented surgeon. By the outbreak of the Second World War, there were only four fully…

The Guinea Pig Club: a lasting legacy

The Guinea Pigs were a unique band of RAF airman who paid a heavy price while serving for their country during the Second World War.

"They asked my mother where they should bury me"

Flying Officer Desmond O'Connell was just 19-years-old when he joined the RAF as a Volunteer Reserve before the war started. Aged 21, his unit was sent to sink the…

Father, friend, mentor and Guinea Pig!

Some will know Jack Perry as the youngest member of The Guinea Pig Club, but to his son, Andrew Perry, Jack is his mentor, friend and above all else, Dad!