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).
Secret memo detailing drawings for .303 Browning Guns in Spitfire & Hurricane wings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\1\ img118 | |
| Date | 29th November 1940 | |
| SECRET. To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} c. to Ve. c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH re .303 Browning Guns in Spitfire & Hurricane Wings. Some while ago we had made full scale drawings of the gun bays, the gun mountings and the ammunition boxes of the wings of both the Spitfire & Hurricane Fighters. The drawings made were as given below - ✓PL.294 (8 sheets) Sections of wing. Hurricane. ✓PL.295 (1 sheet) Gun Mounting. Hurricane. ✓PL.296 (1 sheet) Ammunition box Hurricane. ✓PL.297 (10 sheets) Sections of Wing Spitfire. ✓PL.298 (3 sheets) Gun Brackets. Spitfire. ✓PL.299 (Sheets 1 & 3) Ammunition boxes Spitfire. Will Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH. accept the originals attached herewith and issue prints to Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} Ve. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/HH. and Ashby. We have sent to Ve. some while ago a drawing of the Gun Mounting in the Spitfire wing for a .500 ins. Browning Gun. Ev.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | ||