Dam Buster

by Richard Morris

Book Overview

Sir Barnes Wallis CBE became a household name after the hit 1954 film The Dam Busters in which Michael Redgrave portrayed a shy, slightly abstracted genius at odds with bureaucracy. Yet this was a simplified picture of a complicated, mercurial man. Wallis' contribution to British aircrafts and weapons is legendary; from the R100 intercontinental airship and innovative aircrafts like the Wellesley and Wellington, to bombs that destroyed hitherto invulnerable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474623425
• ISBN13: 9781474623421
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 9.3"