{"product_id":"the-playboy-crew-1943-1944-memoirs-of-world-war-ii-the-men-of-b-24-liberator-41-29399-9781432758493","title":"The Playboy Crew 1943-1944: Memoirs of World War II: The Men of B-24 Liberator 41-29399","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Playboy took a terrible beating that day... \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Luftwaffe fighter planes and heavy cannon fire had really done a number on the hardy B-24 Liberator, leaving it about sixty percent plane and forty percent holes. Fortunately, nine of the ten Playboy crew members were able to bail out. But then the real trouble started. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later, one of these brave air crew members shares his story and relives the year he spent narrowly evading the Germans in occupied Holland-hiding in secret compartments and haymows in the country; aiding the Dutch Underground members in disrupting the enemy forces, all while trying to get to Allied lines with the help of the Dutch Resistance Force. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Our World War II experiences uprooted us from our homes and reshaped us from whatever we had formerly been. Ten specialists were formed into a fighting team-dubbed The Playboy Crew-whose lives, to a great extent, depended on one another. That we functioned as well as we did is a credit not only to our training but to the type of people we were and to those who led us.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert F. Pipes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Outskirts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781432758493\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Outskirts Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45297003954291,"sku":"9781432758493","price":18.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_692074fc-f444-4227-8680-e5070647f7d8.jpg?v=1785505473","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-playboy-crew-1943-1944-memoirs-of-world-war-ii-the-men-of-b-24-liberator-41-29399-9781432758493","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}