Sir Barnes Wallis looking at a model Concorde aeroplane with a group of children Portrait Print
Sir Barnes Wallis looking at a model Concorde aeroplane with a group of children NPG x172784
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Bassano Ltd
Born in Ripley, Derbyshire, Wallis originally trained as a marine engineer. However, in 1913 he went to work for the engineering firm Vickers at Barrow designing the R9 rigid airship, completed in 1916. After the war, he worked on the airship R80, which flew in 1920. At Vickers at Cardington, he developed airships for commercial routes to India and contributed to aeroplane designs including the Wellesley and Wellington bombers. Wallis devised the 'bouncing bombs' associated with the 'Dambuster' raids used by Lancaster bombers to destroy... more
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