As for the Canadians: The Remarkable Story of the Rcaf's "Guinea Pigs" of World War II by Rita Donovan - 2000-10-01

Ottawa, Ontario: BuschelBooks [1-894543-03-3] 2000. (Mass market paperback) 303pp. Very good. 8vo. The story of the Canadian Wing of the Guinea Pig Club, an exclusive group of WWII wounded airmen, established at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, Sussex. In place since 1941, the 'club' had (at one point) more than 640 members, 176 of whom were Canadians, and was stll active at the time of publication. There are stains to the cover and a gift inscription to the half title page. Remains internally clean and bright. Black and white photographs. Related ephemera laid in..

Buschekbooks, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). A very good copy. With an anniversary postcard (signed by two of the "guinea pigs"), and with an explicatory sheet contained by envelope. Rare, thus. Also signed by the author..

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Canada: Buschekbooks. Good. 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 1894543033 . In WWII "Canadians took to the skies young, fit and whole. Some of them burned and were mangled. In another war they would have been hushed up, shut away in institutions or homes. But they were about to encounter the best piece of luck they had seen in a while - the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, Sussex. They were about to become members of the 'Guinea Pig Club'. Surgeons put the airmen's bodies back together, performing experimental plastic surgery. But they did more: they took the battered boys and helped rebuild their spirits, gave them back their confidence, and returned them to society. They did it without a single suicide. This is the story of the Canadian Wing of the most unusual club in the world, a club that continues to this day. Meet these 'Guinea Pigs', who not only survived, they thrived!" - back cover. 303 pages. Index, Bibliography, Footnotes,… Read More