Biography
He published his first book in 1976. He was an Organisation and Methods Officer with thePublished works
*Franks, Norman. ''Double Mission: Fighter Pilot and SOE Agent, Manfred Czernin'' (1976, William Kimber, London) *Franks, Norman. ''Fighter Leader: The Story of Wing Commander Ian Gleed, DSO, DFC'' (1978, William Kimber, London) *Franks, Norman. ''The Greatest Air Battle: Dieppe, 19 August 1942'' (1979, William Kimber, London) *Franks, Norman. ''Wings of Freedom:Twelve Battle of Britain Pilots'' (1980, William Kimber, London) *Franks, Norman. ''Sky Tiger: The Story of Sailor Malan'' (1980, William Kimber, London) *Franks, Norman. ''The Battle of the Airfields: 1 January 1945'' (1982 & 2002, Grub Street, London) & peration Bodenplatte *Franks, Norman. ''The Air Battle of Dunkirk'' (1983, William Kimber, London) *Franks, Norman and Shedda, C. J. ''Tempest Pilot'' (1983 & 2003, Grub Street, London) *Franks, Norman. ''Typhoon Attack'' (1984, William Kimber, London) *Franks, Norman. ''Aircraft versus Aircraft: The illustrated story of fighter pilot combat since 1914'' (1986). Grub Street (). American ed. was issued by Macmillan () 192 pages. * Franks, Norman; ''Forever strong: The story of 75 Squadron RNZAF, 1916-1990'' (1991) Random Century * Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank. ''Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914-1918'' (1992). Casemate Pub () * Franks, Norman; Giblin, Hal; and McCrery, Nigel. ''Under the Guns of the Red Baron - The Complete Record of Von Richthofen's Victories and Victims Fully Illustrated'' (1995 & 2007, Grub Street, London) (1998 & 1999, Barnes & Noble, USA) () (2000, Caxton, London). 224 pages. * Franks, Norman; Guest, Russell; Bailey, Frank. ''Bloody April… Black September'' (1995). Grub Street (). 314 pages he two deadliest months for Allied airmen in WW I, April 1917 & September 1918 * Franks, Norman. ''Who Downed the Aces in WWI?'' (1996). Grub Street (). * Franks, Norman; Guest, Russell; and Alegi, Gregory. ''Above the War Fronts: The British Two-Seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-Seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces 1914-1918'' (1997). Grub Street (). 218 pages. * Franks, Norman. ''The Greatest Air Battle: Dieppe, 19th August 1942'' (1997). Grub Street () * Franks, Norman; Bennett, Alan. ''The Red Baron's Last Flight: a Mystery Investigated'' (1997). Grub Street. Reissued as a paperback in 2006 () * Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank. ''The Storks: The Story of the Les Cigognes, France's Elite Fighter Group of WWI'' (1998). Grub Street (). 160 pages. * Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank; Duiven, Rick. ''Casualties of the German Air Service 1914-20: As Complete a List as Possible Arranged Alphabetically and Chronologically'' (1999). Grub Street (). 362 pages. * Franks, Norman; Holmes, Tony. ''Albatros Aces of World War I (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 32)'' (2000). Motorbooks International (). 96 pages. * Franks, Norman. ''Nieuport Aces of World War I (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 33)'' (2000). Motorbooks International (). 96 pages. * Franks, Norman; Wyngarden, Greg Van; Holmes, Tony. ''Fokker Dr I Aces of World War I (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 40)'' (2001). Osprey Aviation (). 96 pages. * Franks, Norman. ''Buck McNair : Canadian Spitfire ace : the story of Group Captain R.W. McNair DSO, DFC & 2 bars, Ld'H, CdG, RCAF'' (2001, 2005). Grub Street () * Franks, Norman; Giblin, Hal. ''Under the Guns of the Kaiser's Aces: Bohme, Muller, Von Tutschek, Wolff : The Complete Record of Their Victories and Victims'' (2003). Grub Street (). 192 pages. * Franks, Norman. ''Sopwith Camel Aces of World War 1 (Aircraft of the Aces, 52)'' (2003). Osprey Publishing (UK) (). 96 pages. * Franks, Norman; Holmes, Tony. ''Sopwith Triplanes Aces of World War 1 (Aircraft of the Aces, 62)'' (2004). Osprey Publishing (UK) (). 96 pages. * Franks, Norman. ''Jasta Boelcke: The History of Jasta 2, 1916-1918'' (2004). Grub Street (). 224 pages. * Franks, Norman. ''Ton-up Lancs: a Photographic Record of the Thirty-five RAF Lancasters that Each Completed One Hundred Sorties'' (2005).Grub Street () * Franks, Norman. ''Sopwith Pup Aces of World War 1''. (2005). Osprey Publishing () * Franks, Norman. ''British and American Aces of World War I: the Pictorial Record''. (2005)External links