Pioneer rower. Amy Constance Gentry was born 111 White Hart Lane, Barnes. Employed as a secretary by Vickers Armstrong in Byfleet, she was personal secretary to Barnes Wallis, when he was developing the bouncing bomb.
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Amy Gentry
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