The Genius Engineering Behind Britain's Bouncing Bomb | War Factories | Progress

The Avro Lancaster bomber is one of the most iconic planes in British history. It was chosen to carry out Operation Chastise, the Dambusters Raid. Staunch defenses protected the dams from conventional weaponry, but legendary engineer Barnes Wallis realized that if a bomb could bounce along the surface of the water, the dams could be destroyed.

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