Barnes Wallis
English scientist, engineer and inventor (1887-1979) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 92
Sir Barnes Neville Wallis was an English engineer and inventor. He is best known for having invented the bouncing bomb used by the Royal Air Force in Operation Chastise to attack the dams of the Ruhr Valley during World War II.
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R100 airship
RCAF Wellington bomber, having flown back to England despite a direct anti-aircraft hit, with exposed geodetic airframe construction
The Möhne Dam, breached by bouncing bombs
Valentin U-boat pen, with its roof of 4.5 m (15 ft) of reinforced concrete blown open by a Grand Slam bomb
Swallow model at Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
Project Heyday test body exhibited at the Explosion Museum of Naval Firepower
Wallis's grave at St. Lawrence Church, Effingham, Surrey, pictured in 2013
