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    Sir Barnes Neville Wallis CBE FRS RDI FRAeS (26 September 1887 – 30 October 1979) was an English engineer and inventor. He is best known for inventing...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Geodetic airframe (category Barnes Wallis)
    the airframes of aircraft developed by British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis in the 1930s (who sometimes spelt it "geodesic"). Earlier, it was used...
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  • Barnes Wallis Academy (formerly Gartree Community School) is a coeducational secondary school located in the village of Tattershall in Lincolnshire, England...
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    parish church. The village was the home of notable figures, such as Barnes Wallis who is buried here and Toni Mascolo. The M25 motorway is 4 miles (6...
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    R100 (category Barnes Wallis)
    Vickers-Armstrongs, led by Commander Dennis Burney. The design team was headed by Barnes Wallis, later famous for his invention of the bouncing bomb. The design team...
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    Biko building and should be completed by 2018. The Barnes Wallis Building, named after Barnes Wallis, is situated on the former UMIST Campus (now North...
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    Books. pp. 616–618. ISBN 978-0-14-100348-1. Flower, Stephen (2004). Barnes Wallis' Bombs. Tempus. p. 350. ISBN 978-0-7524-2987-8. Marc Buggeln. "Neuengamme...
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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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    extraordinary size and weight such as the 10-ton Grand Slam could be carried. Barnes Wallis, deputy chief aircraft designer at Vickers, spent much time thinking...
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  • shipping and fortifications. In World War II, the British designer Barnes Wallis, already famous for inventing the bouncing bomb, designed two bombs...
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    Vickers Swallow (category Barnes Wallis)
    The Vickers Swallow was a supersonic aircraft project headed by Barnes Wallis, working at the British aircraft company Vickers-Armstrongs. It was a wing...
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  • Vickers Warwick (category Barnes Wallis)
    been used on several previous designs by British aircraft designer Barnes Wallis. In February 1939, development beyond the pair of prototypes was cancelled...
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  • may refer to: Alfred Wallis (1855–1942), Cornish fisherman and artist. Annabelle Wallis (born 1984), British actress Barnes Wallis (1887–1979), British...
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    Vickers Wellesley (category Barnes Wallis)
    never went beyond the drawing board, they often harnessed the work of Barnes Wallis to save weight without compromising on strength by using light alloy...
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    Earnest (1952), The Dambusters (1954) with his portrayal of the inventor Barnes Wallis, 1984 (1956), Time Without Pity (1957), for which he was nominated for...
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    Allied bombing campaign against Germany. During the Second World War, Barnes Wallis developed two large "earthquake" bombs for the Royal Air Force: the...
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    The Barnes Wallis Moth Machine was a modified microlight aircraft designed for collecting moths and other flying insects over rainforest canopies. The...
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    Vickers Windsor (category Barnes Wallis)
    bomber, intended for high altitude flight. The Windsor was designed by Barnes Wallis and Rex Pierson at the Vickers-Armstrongs factory at Brooklands. Three...
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  • across water; designed to attack German dams in World War II April 1942 Barnes Wallis United Kingdom Bunker buster The first type were Röchling shell 1942...
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    Tallboy and Grand Slam weapons developed by British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis during the Second World War: a hardened, highly aerodynamic bomb of...
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  • 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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  • Vickers Wild Goose (category Barnes Wallis)
    research unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed and flown by designer Barnes Wallis for his research into tailless variable-sweep aircraft incorporating...
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