Barnes Wallis

Sir Barnes Wallis
Rođenje	(1887-09-26)26. 9. 1887. Ripley, Derbyshire, Engleska, UK
Smrt	30. 10. 1979. (dob: 92) Effingham, Surrey, Engleska, UK
Polje	fizika
Institucija	Vickers-Armstrongs British Aircraft Corporation
Poznat po	izumu odskakakujuće bombe
Istaknute nagrade	Albertova medalja (1968) Kraljevska medalja (1975)

Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, CBE FRS, RDI, FRAeS (26. septembar 1887 – 30. oktobar 1979), bio je engleski naučnik, inženjer i pronalazač, najpoznatiji po odskakujućoj bombi koju je izumio za potrebe RAF-a u Drugom svjetskom ratu i koja je korištena u znamenitom napadu na njemačke brane u proljeće 1943. godine. Barnes Wallis je također poznat po izumu tzv. geodetskog aviotrupa i seizmičke bombe. Godine 1955. je njegov lik u filmu The Dam Busters tumačio Michael Redgrave.

Vanjske veze

• Examples of papers from RAF museum
• The Papers of Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, Janus Archive, Cambridge
• A short biography of Wallis
• The Barnes Wallis Memorial Trust Arhivirano 2006-08-08 na Wayback Machine-u
• Sir Barnes Wallis, Iain Murray
• BBC history page on Barnes Wallis
• The Dambusters (617 Squadron) and Barnes Wallis Arhivirano 2007-09-28 na Wayback Machine-u
• HEYDAY torpedo Arhivirano 2011-08-15 na Wayback Machine-u, Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower.
• "The Development of Rocket-propelled Torpedoes", by Geoff Kirby (2000) includes HEYDAY.
• Wallis's impact on Effingham where he lived and the story of the swing-wing aircraft that flew without a tail Arhivirano 2008-05-06 na Wayback Machine-u