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    Tallboy and Grand Slam bombs. Barnes Wallis was born in Ripley, Derbyshire, to general practitioner Charles George Wallis (1859–1945) and his wife Edith...
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  • Earthquake bomb (category Barnes Wallis)
    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...
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  • Michael Redgrave as Barnes Wallis, assistant chief designer, Aviation Section, Vickers-Armstrong Ltd Ursula Jeans as Mrs Molly Wallis Basil Sydney as Air...
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    in span and accompanying operational flexibility. British engineer Barnes Wallis developed a radical aircraft configuration for high-speed flight, which...
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    Bouncing bomb (category Barnes Wallis)
    charge. The inventor of the first such bomb was the British engineer Barnes Wallis, whose "Upkeep" bouncing bomb was used in the RAF's Operation Chastise...
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    The Barnes Wallis Building/Wright Robinson Hall is a university building in central Manchester. It forms part of the campus of the former University of...
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    grew out of a concept for a bomb designed by Barnes Wallis, assistant chief designer at Vickers. Wallis had worked on the Vickers Wellesley and Vickers...
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    Tallboy (bomb) (category Barnes Wallis)
    was an earthquake bomb developed by the British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis and used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. At...
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    Squadron and was modified to carry the Upkeep "bouncing bomb" designed by Barnes Wallis for Operation Chastise, the attack on German Ruhr valley dams. Although...
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    aircraft designer Barnes Wallis while at Vickers-Armstrongs for a large strategic bomber. This aircraft was to have performed what Wallis referred to as...
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