Barnes Wallis
English engineer and inventor (1887ā1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Barnes Neville Wallis CBE FRS RDI FRAeS[3] (26 September 1887 ā 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.
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Born | Barnes Neville Wallis (1887-09-26)26 September 1887 Ripley, Derbyshire, England |
Died | 30 October 1979(1979-10-30) (aged 92) |
Resting place | St Lawrence's Church, Effingham, Surrey |
Nationality | English |
Occupation(s) | Scientist, engineer and inventor |
Known for | Inventing the bouncing bomb, geodetic airframe design and the earthquake bomb |
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Awards | Albert Medal (1968) Royal Medal (1975) |
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The raid was the subject of the 1955 film The Dam Busters, in which Wallis was played by Michael Redgrave. Among his other inventions were his version of the geodetic airframe and the earthquake bomb.