Barnes Wallis

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 to attack the dams of the Ruhr Valley during World War II.

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Who was born first?

• Barnes Wallis and Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu were born the same year
• Barnes Wallis and Friedrich Zander were born the same year
• Barnes Wallis was born 1 year after Clarence Birdseye
• Barnes Wallis was born 1 year before John Logie Baird
• Barnes Wallis was born 1 year before Frits Zernike

Timeline

1. Clarence BirdseyeDecember 9, 1886 – October 1956
2. Barnes Wallis (this page)September 26, 1887 – October 30, 1979
3. Elisa Leonida ZamfirescuNovember 10, 1887 – November 25, 1973
4. Friedrich ZanderAugust 23, 1887 – March 28, 1933
5. Frits ZernikeJuly 16, 1888 – March 10, 1966
6. John Logie BairdAugust 13, 1888 – June 14, 1946

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