Barnes Wallis
/ˌbɑːnz ˈwɒlɪs/
/ˌbɑːrnz ˈwɑːlɪs/
- (1887-1979) an English engineer. He designed some of the most important aircraft and weapons of the Second World War, including the Wellington and Wellesley bombers and a ' bouncing' bomb used to destroy dams. After the war he invented the 'swing-wing' aircraft and helped to design Concorde. He was made a knight in 1968.
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Barnes Wallis