National Museum of Nuclear Science & History
William Penney (1909-1991) was a British mathematician and physicist. William Penney’s first assignment of the war was a research position with the Royal Navy, studying collisions, explosions and shockwaves and searching for ways to use hydrodynamics to assist the navy.
Leonard Cheshire was born on September 7, 1917 in Chester, England. During World War II, he served in the Royal Air Force.
