A bouncing bomb is a bomb designed to bounce to a target across water in a calculated manner to avoid obstacles such as torpedo nets, and to allow both...

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"...

themselves were never fully developed or used. A related concept, the bouncing bomb was developed and used in World War II, to be dropped into water as...

the Möhne, Eder, and Sorpe dams in Nazi Germany with Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb. The Dam Busters was acclaimed by critics, who widely praised its acting...

This is a list of the types of bombs....

chosen to equip 617 Squadron and was modified to carry the Upkeep "bouncing bomb" designed by Barnes Wallis for Operation Chastise, the attack on German...

"Spherical Bomb—Surface Torpedo" and the design of the "bouncing bomb" for the Dam Busters of Operation Chastise. The RAF therefore used bombs which they...

Squadron RAF Bomber Command, later called the Dam Busters, using special "bouncing bombs" developed by Barnes Wallis. The Möhne and Edersee dams were breached...

armor-piercing bombs for use against shipping and fortifications. In World War II, the British designer Barnes Wallis, already famous for inventing the bouncing bomb...

novel delivery methods were introduced. These included Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb, designed to bounce across water, avoiding torpedo nets and other underwater...

Bouncing Bomb". BBC History. 25 October 2006. Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2014; "The Dambusters Bouncing Bomb"...

attacks on its supply of hydroelectric power. After he had developed the bouncing bomb and shown its possibilities, RAF Bomber Command were prepared to listen...

Portland. The beach was also used for machine gun training and Highball bouncing bomb testing during the war. A double row of anti-tank blocks divides the...

of Barnes Wallis' bouncing bomb. The reason for this is unclear. In the Avro Lancaster, the RAF had a bomber with a large enough bomb bay and sufficient...

specially designed barrel shaped bouncing bombs that used backspin to skip along the water and destroy the dams. The bombing aircraft flew at very low altitudes...

Upkeep may refer to: Maintenance, repair, and operations Upkeep bomb, a bouncing bomb developed in World War II for Operation Chastise This disambiguation...

conceived his “Spherical Bomb, Surface Torpedo” after watching his daughter flip pebbles over water. Two versions of the 'bouncing bomb' were developed: the...

alcoholic drink. Highball may also refer to: Highball, a 1942 British bouncing bomb project from World War 2 Highball (climbing), a climbing term for a...

of Operation Chastise with its bouncing bomb. It was filmed in the UK documentary Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb, Canadian documentary Dambusters...

by WW2-period British inventor Barnes Wallace when he developed the "bouncing bomb" used in the famous "Dam Busters" raid against the Ruhr District dams...

Hinckley: Midland Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-179-8. Murray, Iain (2009). Bouncing-Bomb Man: the Science of Sir Barnes Wallis. Haynes. ISBN 978-1-84425-588-7...

Again in Canada, Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb in the United Kingdom, and Nova season 39 episode "Bombing Hitler's Dams" in the United States. A...

over the jungle. Three Avengers were modified to carry the Highball "bouncing bomb" (given the new codename Tammany Hall), but when trials were unsuccessful...

Dambusters Raid in May 1943, Summers was test pilot for the experimental bouncing bomb dropped from a Vickers Wellington near Portland, Dorset, a job given...

most of his adult life here. He is best known as the inventor of the bouncing bomb which breached the Eder and Mohne dams in the Second World War. He also...

"cookies") Bouncing bomb (World War II British) SC250 bomb (World War II Germany) Tallboy bomb (World War II British, "earthquake bomb") Grand Slam bomb (World...

was headed by Barnes Wallis, later famous for his invention of the bouncing bomb. The design team also included Nevil Shute Norway as the senior stress...

The bouncing bomb depth charges used in the "Dambusters Raid" each contained 6,600 pounds (3,000 kg) of Torpex; The Tallboy and Grand Slam bombs designed...

west of Southampton. Barnes Wallis's Bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise by the Dambusters and the Grand Slam bomb were tested there. The site was used...

aircraft. An AN/APS-13 was used as a radar altimeter during the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the 509th Composite Group, USAAF. List of...