1942 Barnes Wallis

PEOPLE OF WW2 COLLECTION A figure of Barnes Wallis in 1942 DISCLAIMER: This is purely for Historical interest and has no political ideology. Sir Barnes Neville Wallis was an English engineer and inventor. He is best known for having invented 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. The raid was the subject of the 1955 film The Dam Busters, in which Wallis was played by Michael Redgrave.…

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