The house where British scientist Barnes Wallis worked on the top secret bouncing bomb has gone on sale for almost £700,000. Langstone Towers, in Havant, Hampshire, which has spectacular views of Chichester Harbour, was requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence during the Second World War. The scientist, who used what is today the dining room as his office, developed an idea he had at his home in Surrey, where he skipped marbles over water in a bath tub – the very idea that would lead to the iconic Dambuster raids. Wallis was tasked with causing massive damage to the Nazi war effort and believed destroying several dams in Germany ‘s industrial heartland would impact Adolf Hitler’s steel industry. He began working on his ‘bouncing bomb’ idea after learning of a method used by Horatio Nelson to extend the range of his cannon balls by lowering the elevation of his cannons and ‘skipping’ the projectiles off the water. On May 16, 1943, 19 modified Lancaster bombers left RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire to target the Mohne and Eder dams in the Rhur, which were both breached. The Sorpe dam was attacked by two aircraft and damaged. A fourth dam, the Ennepe, was attacked… Read full this story
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