Building Research Establishment (BRE)

Bucknalls Ln, WD25 9XX, Warford
Hertfordshire, England

BRE, founded in 1921 to improve UK housing, contributed to the secret development of the bouncing bomb used in the 1943 Dambusters Raid. A small-scale testing model remains in Garston, Watford. Over time, it absorbed various research organizations and was privatized in 1997.

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Text by: TracesofWar

Photo(s): John Webb