Leaking flexible petrol pipe on a Phantom III that resulted in a fire.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 91\2\ scan0162 | |
| Date | 17th July 1937 | |
| To. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} / c. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /JBD. {John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} 3000 CHATEAUROUX(French test region). Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /IMW {Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} /9/JAB.17.7.37. 32-EX. PHANTOM III. Flexible Petrol Pipe. We are returning to you the leaking pipe which caused the fire yesterday. It was bent in a sharper angle than standard on account of the special pipes. Apart from burnt insulation on some wires, no harm appears to have been done. ------------ Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /IMW. {Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} Ivan M. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} Waller. | ||
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).