Return of magnetos for repair and modification from Kestrel and Merlin engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 59\3\ Scan414 | |
| Date | 7th May 1936 | |
| To Roy. {Mr H. Royce - Buyer} from RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /WO c. DZ/HP. c. G {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} /Kb. c. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Wst. c. Mr. Underwood(A.I.D) Handwritten: Y6060. Further to memo ref. RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /EM.5/WFC.27.4.36 will you please arrange to have the following magnetos, which have now been released by the A.I.D., returned to the makers for repair and modification. Watford Type SP. {Mr Spinney} 12-3 Nos.137807 and 13775 Handwritten: Received 16-6-36. The above have been removed from Kestrel(Aero Engine) 4329 with faulty slow speed wheel bearings. Handwritten: Received 27-7-36 B.T.H. C1SE.12S-N Nos F.8826 and H.1080.4 Handwritten: 29-7-36. The above have been removed from Merlin(Aero Engine) C.5 engine and require modifying to Type Test 'P' standard. RHC {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} /WO | ||
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).