<p><div><DIV><i>Night Madness </i>is the true-life story of an RCAF  tail -gunner's 35 odds-defying missions over war-torn Germany during WWII. Despite skies dark with Messerschmitts and flak from anti-aircraft fire, he would make it through the war intact, only to face a new battle with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome caused by memoires of the raids and participation in the now-controversial bombing of Dresden.</div></div><div><DIV> </div></div><div>Based on letters, interviews and painstaking archival research, author Rick Pyves weaves together a fascinating and harrowing adventure of a bombing crew over hostile German skies and captures all the youth, bravado and honest fear of the young men fighting for home and freedom. <i>Night Madness</i> also looks at the impact of war on the youth who served overseas including the difficulties for combat personnel suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome.</div></p>