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The weapon's code name was Highball with trials taking place simultaneously with Upkeep the dam busting weapon. 618 squadron based at RAF Skitten trialled Highball at Loch Striven and elsewhere. It was never used operationally and trials continued post-war.

I have had this for many years found on an old air to ground firing range. It is in faded Fleet Air Arm colours andis of course flattened. Stamped markings 5862 SIIT14 & FI206. Can anyone identify the aircraft type?

Agree 20mm Hispano round minus the copper band. I live on the edge of what was a WW2 air to ground range so still plenty of (heavily corroded) rounds lying around in the target area. Where did you find it in Oman? I used to work there in the early 1980's. The RAF were involved in the Jebel...

Not a Tallboy as the tail fin is incorrect.

28/06/1944 0028hrs Bristol Beaufighter TF X LZ176 2-X of 404 RCAF Squadron based at RAF Davidstow Moor on return from a reconnaissance of French coast was diverted to Fairwood Common because of bad weather, crashed due to gyro failure at 0337 hours at Kennards House, Launceston, Cornwall. F/O...

Colours could indicate a Fleet Air Arm aircraft

Highball Trials Unit at RAF Spilsby mid 1945.

Yes they are a pair of Highballs. Photo probably taken at the Vickers site at Foxwarren where the spinning rigs were located. 618 Sqn RAF were equipped with them and took them out to Australia in late 1944 for use in the Pacific, but for unknown reasons they were never used in anger Their...