Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne DCM by Stuart Liptrot (AP) SIG64 Wing Commander Beamont is depicted

Wing Commander Beamont is depicted flying his Tempest V through the debris created by a successful hit on a buzz bomb in July

He retired from the RNZAF in 1956

Bf109F by Ivan Berryman

The island of Britain stood alone and

Days later

Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne DCM by Stuart Liptrot (AP) SIG64 Wing Commander Beamont is depictedL6AP. Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne DCM by Stuart Liptrot Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne of the 24th Regiment at the Defence of Rorkes Drift during the Zulu attack on Rorkes Drift. Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne, 2nd battalion South Wales Borderers. Frank Bourne was born on the 27th April 1854 in Balcombe Sussex. When Bourne was 18 he joined the 24th Regiment in 1872, being promoted to Corporal in 1875 and Sergeant in 1878. Sergeant Bourne was promoted to