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).
Questioning the suspension of work on 40 mm type BB automatic guns for installation in a Beaufighter aircraft.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\1\ img055 | |
| Date | 30th August 1940 | |
| from HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 5 HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}1/EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}30.8.40. 40 mm. type BB Automatic Guns for Aircraft. Replying to Ve.6/CB.23.8.40 we would refer you to minutes of conference held on Saturday, August 3rd, ref. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/ML.5.8.40, page 2 in which Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} specifically requests two compressed air operated 40 mm. guns should proceed for subsequent installation in a Beaufighter aircraft. Can we take it from your memo that work on these two guns is to be suspended ? HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} | ||