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Barnes Wallis and Road Research Laboratory plaque

London, England, United Kingdom

Tests conducted by the Road Research Laboratory against model dams built on this site during 1940-42 assisted Barnes Wallis in his development of the bouncing bomb (Upkeep), used by No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force to breach the Ruhr Dams 16/17 May 1943 — Moor Lane, Harmondsworth

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