Poskakujoča bomba

Poskakajoča bomba tudi Wallisova bomba (ang. Bouncing bomb) je vrsta letalske bombe, ki po odmetu poskakuje po vodi in se tako izogne oviram, kot so protitorpedne mreže.

Razvil jo je med 2. Svetovno vojno britanski inženir Barnes Wallis. Uporabili so jo v operaciji Chastise ("Dambusters"), v kateri so uničili 2 nemška hidroelektrična jeza in poškodovali tretjega. Bombo se je odvrglo pri hitrosti okrog 370 km/h in višini 18 metrov. Pred odmetom vrtela s 500 vrtljajev na minuto. Ko je zadela jez, se je potopila in detonirala na globini okrog 30 metrov.

Bomba je bila valjaste oblike in je imela težo 4200 kilogramov. Od tega je bila 3000 kilogramov eksploziva torpex. Zgradili so 120 bomb, 19 od njih so tudi uporabili.

Barnes Wallis je sicer razvil tudi Grand Slam bombo in Tallboy bombo

Bibliografija

Flower, Stephen. (2002). A Hell Of A Bomb. Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2386-X
Flower, Stephen. (2004). Barnes Wallis' bombs : Tallboy, Dambuster & Grand Slam. Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2987-6 (Hardback edition of A Hell of a Bomb)
Gardner, Robert (2006). From Bouncing Bombs to Concorde: The Authorised Biography of Aviation Pioneer Sir George Edwards OM. Stroud, Gloustershire, UK: Sutton Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-4389-0.
Johnsen, Frederick A. (1999). Douglas A-26 Invader (Warbird Tech Series Vol.22). Minnesota: Specialty Press Publishers. pp. 85–90. ISBN 1-58007-016-7
Morpurgo, Jack Eric. (1981). Barnes Wallis: A Biography. Ian Allan ISBN 0-7110-1119-2
Morris, R. (ed.). (2008). Breaching the German Dams Flying Into History, RAF Museum
Murray, Iain (2009). Bouncing-Bomb Man: the Science of Sir Barnes Wallis. Haynes. ISBN 978-1-84425-588-7
Simons, Graham M. (1990). Mosquito: The Original Multi-Role Aircraft. Arms & Armour. ISBN 0-85368-995-4
Sweetman, John. (1999). The Dambusters Raid. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-35173-3
Sweetman, John. (2002), "Barnes Wallis’s other bouncing bomb Part 1: Operation Tirpitz and the German dams", in RAF Air Power Review, 5 (2), Summer 2002 (pp. 104–21)" http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/49889B7E_1143_EC82_2E34B486AD92DC17.pdf
Sweetman, John. (2002), "Barnes Wallis's other bouncing bomb Part 2: Target Tirpitz", in RAF Air Power Review, 5 (3), Autumn 2002 (pp. 47–57) http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/49848DB1_1143_EC82_2E0567AC78C3FB24.pdf

Zunanje povezave

Wikimedijina zbirka ponuja več predstavnostnega gradiva o temi: Poskakujoča bomba.

617 Squadron and the Dams Raid – An archival perspective Arhivirano 2010-09-21 na Wayback Machine. — RAF Museum online exhibition
Barnes Wallis Memorial Trust Arhivirano 2006-08-08 na Wayback Machine.
The Dambusters (617 Squadron) Arhivirano 2015-10-26 na Wayback Machine.
Test drops of both Upkeep and Highball — includes Lancaster and Mosquito drops at Reculver and Loch Striven, and fatal US A-26 Invader drop (YouTube)
The bouncing bombs — history, pictures and videos