Roy Chadwick

Roy Chadwick designed the Avro Lancaster, the backbone of RAF Bomber Command and the aircraft that carried Barnes Wallis's bouncing bombs on the legendary Dambusters raid. The Lancaster could lift a heavier bomb load than any other Allied heavy bomber, including the 22,000 lb Grand Slam, and flew 156,000 sorties over Europe. Chadwick also designed the Avro Vulcan delta-wing bomber, one of the most striking aircraft of the Cold War, but died in a crash of the Avro Tudor before seeing it fly.

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