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Barnes Wallis's daughter condemns fakes being sold as the marble toys that inspired 'bouncing bomb'

The 93-year-old daughter of Dambusters inventor Sir Barnes Wallis has found herself in the middle of a 'fake or fortune' row. When Elisabeth Gaunt decided to sell the marbles that inspired her father ...
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The ingenious legacy of Barnes Wallis: From bouncing bombs to modern warfare

While a quick online search may label Barnes Wallis merely as an engineer, this description hardly encapsulates his true impact and contributions. He was the mastermind behind some of the most ...
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Late great engineers: Barnes Wallis - the man behind the myth

On the night of 16 May 1943, nineteen Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron lifted from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire and flew low across the North Sea toward the industrial heartland of Germany. Their ...
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This WW2 'Earthquake Bomb' Was Designed To Miss Its Target. Here's Why

If you've seen the 1955 film, "The Dam Busters," then you might be familiar with Barnes Wallis, an English engineer and inventor best known for building an assortment of peculiar explosives used ...