A public house named The Barnes Wallis stood for many years near the railway station in Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire. Wallis was involved in airship work at the airship sheds …

Oct 26, 2025 · Sir Barnes Wallis was a British aeronautical designer and military engineer who invented the innovative “dambuster” bombs used in World War II. Wallis trained as a marine …

Barnes Wallis © Wallis was a British aviation engineer, whose most famous design was the 'bouncing bomb' developed for the Dambusters Raid of 1943.

Mar 19, 2015 · Without a doubt Sir Barnes Wallis will be best remembered for his deceptively simple and brilliant bouncing bombs that shattered the German dams during the famed …

Sir Barnes Neville Wallis was an English engineer and inventor. He is best known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the Royal Air Force in Operation Chasti...

Nov 6, 2024 · Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, CBE, FRS, RDI, FRAeS, was a true polymath whose influence extended across multiple disciplines. While he is best known for his wartime …

Barnes Wallis’s life was not only centred around aeronautics and aerial warfare; he participated in the development of radio telescopy and nuclear submarines, he pioneered work in the de-icing …

May 16, 2025 · Barnes Wallis passed away on October 30, 1979, at the age of 92. Today, he is remembered not only for his inventions such as the bouncing bomb, Tallboy, and Grand Slam, …

Sir Barnes Wallis (1887-1979), was an English scientist, engineer and inventor, best known for his development of the ‘bouncing bomb’ used in the destruction of the Ruhr dams during the ‘dam …

Barnes Wallis, born in Ripley, Derbyshire, trained as a marine engineer before shifting to aircraft design in 1913. He joined Vickers, where he worked until his retirement in 1971, contributing to …