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===Surviving examples=== Inert prototypes of both Upkeep and Highball that were dropped at Reculver have been recovered and these, along with a number of other examples, are displayed at various sites: * [[Abbotsbury Swannery]], near the test site at [[Chesil Beach]] (prototype) * Brenzett Aeronautical Museum, [[Brenzett]], on [[Romney Marsh]] (Upkeep with pistols) * [[Brooklands Museum]], Weybridge (prototype, Upkeep and complete Highball) * [[Dover Castle]] (part of an Upkeep) * [[Haverfordwest Aerodrome]] (part of a Highball shell) * [[Herne Bay, Kent|Herne Bay Museum and Gallery]], west of the test site at [[Reculver]] (a Highball core) * [[Imperial War Museum Duxford]] (Upkeep) * [[Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre]], [[East Kirkby]] (Upkeep) * [[Newark Air Museum]] (Upkeep) * Petwood Hotel, [[Woodhall Spa]], Lincolnshire (Upkeep) * [[RAF Lossiemouth]], Moray β only accessible to the public with prior permission (Upkeep) * Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum at [[RAF Manston]], Kent (a Highball core) * Farnborough Air Sciences Trust Museum, Farnborough, Hants (a Highball core) * [[de Havilland Aircraft Museum]], Hertfordshire (complete Highball) * [[RAF Scampton Heritage Centre]] (Upkeep prototype) * [[Yorkshire Air Museum]], [[Elvington, North Yorkshire|Elvington]], [[York]] (Full sized Upkeep prototype) * [[Bundeswehr Museum of German Defense Technology]], [[Koblenz, Germany]] (Full sized Upkeep) * [[Edersee Museum]], [[Edersee, Germany]] (Full sized Upkeep) In 2010, a diving project in Loch Striven successfully located several Highball prototypes, under around {{convert|114|ft|m|0}} of water.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.underwater-archaeology.org.uk/HighballBouncingBomb.html |title=Project Highball |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108052905/http://www.underwater-archaeology.org.uk/HighballBouncingBomb.html |archive-date=8 November 2011 |publisher= Archaeological Divers Association |date=11 August 2010 |access-date=12 August 2010}}</ref> In July 2017, two Highballs were successfully recovered<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-40662322/divers-recover-world-war-two-highball-bomb BBC News β Divers recover World War Two Highball Bomb]. Retrieved 22 July 2017.</ref> from Loch Striven in a joint operation by teams from East Cheshire Sub-Aqua Club<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.bsac.com/news.asp?itemid=15904&itemTitle=BSAC+divers+prepare+to+recover+historic+Highball+wartime+bombs+from+Scottish+loch§ion=56§ionTitle=News |title=BSAC divers prepare to recover historic Highball wartime bombs from Scottish loch |publisher=BSAC |accessdate=22 July 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and the Royal Navy.<ref>{{cite web |date=21 July 2017 |title=Navy Divers raise highball bouncing bombs from Scottish loch |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2017/july/21/170721-navy-divers-raise-highball-bouncing-bombs-from-scottish-loch |access-date=22 July 2017 |website=www.royalnavy.mod.uk}}</ref> One is now displayed at the [[de Havilland Aircraft Museum]]<ref>{{cite news |first=Alan |last=Davies |url=http://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/highball-bouncing-bomb-de-havilland-aircraft-museum-1-5133623 |date=3 August 2017 |work=Welwyn Hatfield Times |access-date=17 August 2017 |title=Wartime 'bouncing bomb' added to de Havilland Aircraft Museum collection |archive-date=17 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817162317/http://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/highball-bouncing-bomb-de-havilland-aircraft-museum-1-5133623 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the other arrived at [[Brooklands Museum]] in late 2019 after undergoing conservation at the [[Mary Rose Trust]].
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