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Sir Barnes Neville Wallis CBE FRS RDI FRAeS [3] (26 September 1887 – 30 October 1979) was an English engineer and inventor. He is best known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the Royal Air Force in Operation Chastise (the "Dambusters" raid) to attack the dams of the Ruhr Valley during World War II .
May 17, 2018 · Busting dams PA. Sir Barnes Wallis was a genius engineer who designed a very special bomb during World War II. The idea was that it would bounce across water and destroy German dams along the Ruhr ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Sir Barnes Wallis (born Sept. 26, 1887—died Oct. 30, 1979, Leatherhead, Surrey, Eng.) was a British aeronautical designer and military engineer who invented the innovative “ dambuster” bombs used in World War II. Wallis trained as a marine engineer before joining the airship (dirigible) department of Vickers Ltd. in 1913 as a designer.
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Earthquake bomb. The earthquake bomb, or seismic bomb, was a concept that was invented by the British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis early in World War II and subsequently developed and used during the war against strategic targets in Europe. [1] A seismic bomb differs somewhat in concept from a traditional bomb, which usually explodes at ...
Sep 20, 2018 · Sir Barnes Wallis was a genius engineer who designed a very special bomb during World War II. The idea was that it would bounce across water and destroy German dams along the Ruhr Valley, causing massive flooding and damage to water and hydroelectricity supplies. Partly thanks to the 1955 film The Dam Busters, the story behind Operation Chastise, which took place on May 16 and 17 in 1943, has ...
May 19, 2013 · After the war, Wallis continued his work on aircraft design (before WWII he was a pioneer of geodetic design, used to build the largest airship of its time, the R100), designing “swing wing” aircraft suited to hypersonic flight. Our Senior Keeper, Andrew Nahum, was interviewed about Barnes Wallis, his bouncing bomb and other work in 2013.
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Barnes Neville Wallis was born the son of a doctor on 26 September 1887 in Ripley, Derbyshire. Wallis worked first at a marine engineering firm and in 1913 he moved to Vickers, where he designed ...
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