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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.
WW2 pilot Jan Stangryciuk, 101, was treated at the Royal Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead.
East Grinstead is an ideal base from which to explore the counties of Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
Scientology, Opus Dei and the Mormons are among the many curious groups with a presence in this sleepy Sussex town – but why?
The key is not so much assembling reams and reams of material, but finding details that make a period vivid for the reader.