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).
Letter to Mr. Robotham regarding Admiral Evans's decision on using the 40mm gun for ground defence.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\1\ img026 | |
| Date | 8th July 1940 | |
| 5 Dept.OA, 8th July, 1940. W.A. Robotham, Esq., Rolls-Royce Limited, DERBY. Dear Mr. Robotham, As I promised you, I took up with Admiral Evans the question of using your 40mm. gun for ground defence. I am afraid Admiral Evans feels that since there are so few of these guns in existence, and no prospect of immediate production of the guns or their mountings, he could not use this weapon in his present schemes for factory and aerodrome defence. Yours sincerely, Hihanc. | ||