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Photos Highball Bouncing bomb
The Highball bouncing bomb was a secret experiment by the Royal Navy in April 1944 to test a variant of the bouncing bomb devised by Barnes Wallis and used by the Royal Air Force in the famous April 1943 'Dambusters' raid. The Royal navy were testing the variant to use against ships and in...- Bombardier
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Barnes Wallis - Bouncing bomb Prototype
One of the last remaining prototypes of Barnes Wallis' famous "bouncing bomb" used in 617 Squadrons famous Dams raid of the 16/17th May 1943. This is at The Petwood Hotel, Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire, the hotel was used as 617s Officers Mess when they moved to RAF Woodhall Spa in early 1944.- Bombardier
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bouncing Bomb
The bouncing bomb was a kind of bomb designed by Barnes Wallis of Vickers-Armstrong at Brooklands, Surrey. It was used in the famous Dambusters raid to attack major dams in Germany's industrial Ruhr Valley during World War II.- Drone_pilot
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