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).
Allocation of Whitemetal main bearings for Wraith engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 115\3\ scan0304 | |
| Date | 7th November 1938 | |
| 1020 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}3/MH.{M. Huckerby}7.11.38. WRAITH MAIN BEARINGS. Re your memo HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}5/VS.{J. Vickers}3.11.38, in respect of the Whitemetal main bearings you have received from The Hoyt Metal Co. will you please allocate them as follows. (1) New B.III No.7 unit which you are producing. (2) Wraith III No.4 unit as soon as existing tests on this unit are complete. The above engines are suitable for the bearings you mention EW.1822/9 which are the shimless type. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||