{"product_id":"the-playboy-crew-1943-1944-robert-f-pipes-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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1432758497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781432758493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Outskirts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\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","brand":"Robert F. Pipes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43934906220799,"sku":"9781432758493","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3591db90-a0d6-40be-926f-c2e607cbd9ab.jpg?v=1681416731","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-playboy-crew-1943-1944-robert-f-pipes-9781432758493","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}