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).
Damage to the wings of a chassis that arrived from France and a request for repair details to claim against the carriers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 181\M10\ img157 | |
| Date | 27th August 1936 | |
| Handwritten Top: F.{Mr Friese} Dodo. What about this? Typewritten: Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} D/BP13/MW.27.8.36. Re: 32.EX. When this chassis arrived from France recently as a result of an accident, our attention was drawn to damage which had been sustained to the wings owing to the method of slinging. Will you please inform us if these wings have been repaired, and who by, as we wish to obtain particulars of the charges involved so that we can put a claim forward on the Carriers. Handwritten Bottom: Re Attached please find Estimate from Messrs Sanderson & Holmes for this work, which is now in hand. D/BP Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/PD. | ||