Highball

:For the drinking vessel, see highball glass.

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Highball was the codename of early versions of the bouncing bomb designed by Barnes Wallis during World War II.

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Bouncing bomb: The bouncing bomb was a kind of bomb designed by Barnes Wallis of Vickers-Armstrong at Brooklands, Surrey. It was used in the famous Dambusters raid to attack major dams in Germany's industrial Ruhr Valley during World War II....

Barnes Wallis: Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, FRS, commonly known as Barnes Wallis, (September 26 1887 – October 30 1979) was a British scientist, engineer and inventor. He is best known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the RAF in Operation Chastise (the Dambusters Raid) to attack the M?hne and Eder dams ...

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