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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).
Progress report from the Gun Installation Section on completed and in-hand work.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 133\4\  scan0245
Date  12th May 1941
  
Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork}2/JH.16.5.41.

Progress Report - 12th. May, 1941.
Gun Installation Section.

Work Completed.

QPL.185 Blast Tube Extension. 40 m.m. Gun.
QS.264 Gun Mounting to suit Gun inclined at 12½° and plane fuselage. 40 m.m. Gun.
QS.260. Revised rear mounting to suit Gun inclined at 12½° with simplified operation. 40 m.m. Gun.

Work in Hand.

QPL.186 Installation of 40 m.m. in Beaufighter. 40 m.m. Gun 90%
QPL.187 Section through Beaufighter fuselage at Gun Magazine. 40 m.m. Gun 90%
QPL.188 Section through Beaufighter fuselage at front end of cradle. 40 m.m. Gun 90%
P.T.O.
  
  


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