Report on failed oil pumps from an A.I.D. test, with a warning to the Assembly Shop about part interchangeability.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 148\1\ scan0287 | |
| Date | 21th November 1940 | |
| To Sft {Mr Swift} /LA. {L. A. Archer} from Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Copy to Sft. {Mr Swift} 1265 Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 1/ET.21.11.40. K8417. (Conversion from VI to XXX). -------------------------------- Attached is a copy of a report from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /RH. {R. Hollingworth} on the oil pumps that failed in the A.I.D. test at Derby. The fact that these pumps are so easily inter-changeable is somewhat disturbing and perhaps you would kindly warn the Assembly Shop of the situation. Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).