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Surgeon Archibald McIndoe (center, right, with glasses) pioneered techniques that gave badly burned Royal Air Force airmen—here at a 1949 event—a brighter future. (East Grinstead Museum)
East Grinstead Museum
Surgeon Archibald McIndoe (center, right, with glasses) pioneered techniques that gave badly burned Royal Air Force airmen—here at a 1949 event—a brighter future. (East Grinstead Museum)
East Grinstead Museum