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Dan K
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Dave Homewood wrote:
...Barnes Wallis...Nothing else could touch the grand work he and his team did in developing bombs that actually made a difference.



Nothing else could touch Barnes Wallis' bomb development...?

Seriously? :?


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I was talking in terms of the RAF and Air Ministry and how Wallis changed the way they thought about bombs. In fact it's likely he had some influence on the thinking of these later bombs too - go for the greatest amount of impact. That's the principle he brought to warfare and to Bomber Command.

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