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  1. 1887-1979. British aeronautical engineer who
  2. designed the airship R-100, and during World
  3. War II perfected the `bouncing bombs' used by
  4. the Royal Air Force Dambusters Squadron to
  5. destroy the German Mohne and Eder dams in
  6. 1943. He also assisted in the development of
  7. the Concorde supersonic airliner, and
  8. developed the swing-wing aircraft.
  9.