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

Barnes Neville Wallis was born the son of a doctor on 26 September 1887 in Ripley, Derbyshire.

Wallis worked first at a marine engineering firm and in 1913 he moved to Vickers, where he designed airships, including the R100. In 1930, Wallis transferred to working on aircraft. His achievements included the first use of geodesic design in engineering, which was used in his development of the Wellesley and Wellington bombers.

When World War Two began in 1939, Wallis was assistant chief designer at Vickers' aviation section.

In February 1943, Wallis revealed his idea for air attacks on dams in Germany.

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He had developed a drum-shaped, rotating bomb that would bounce over the water, roll down the dam's wall and explode at its base. The bomb was codenamed 'Upkeep'. Impressed with the concept, the chief of t