Wallis, Sir Barnes (Neville)
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born Sept. 26, 1887, Ripley, Derbyshire, Eng.
died Oct. 30, 1979, Leatherhead, Surrey
British aeronautical designer and military engineer.
He invented the innovative "dambuster" bombs used in World War II by the Royal Air Force to destroy the Möhne and Eder dams in Germany's industrial Ruhr area, producing heavy floods that slowed industrial production. He also invented the 12,000-lb (5,400 kg) "Tallboy" and the 22,000-lb (10,000 kg) "Grand Slam" bombs and was responsible for the bombs that destroyed the German warship
Tirpitz, V-rocket sites, and much of Germany's railway system. In 1971 he designed an aircraft that could fly five times the speed of sound.
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Wallis, Sir Barnes (Neville) — (26 sep. 1887, Ripley, Derbyshire, Inglaterra–30 oct. 1979, Leatherhead, Surrey). Diseñador aeronáutico e ingeniero militar británico. Inventó las innovadoras bombas dambuster (rompedora de represas), usadas por la RAF en la segunda guerra… … Enciclopedia Universal
Barnes Neville Wallis — Sir Barnes Wallis Sir Barnes Neville Wallis (* 26. September 1887 in Ripley (Derbyshire); † 30. Oktober 1979 in Leatherhead, Surrey) war ein englischer Ingenieur. Inhaltsverzeichnis … Deutsch Wikipedia
Barnes Wallis — Sir Barnes Wallis Sir Barnes Neville Wallis (* 26. September 1887 in Ripley (Derbyshire); † 30. Oktober 1979 in Leatherhead, Surrey) war ein englischer Wissenschaftler. Inhaltsverzeichnis … Deutsch Wikipedia
Barnes Wallis — Sir Barnes Neville Wallis Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, (26 septembre 1887 30 octobre 1979) est un ingénieur et inventeur britannique, principalement connu pour l invention des bombes rebondissantes utilisé par la Royal Air Force pendant l opération … Wikipédia en Français
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