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).
Listing outstanding jobs and parts required for various engines, listed in order of urgency.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 27\3\ Scan144 | |
| Date | 9th August 1939 | |
| 1204 To HPS.{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c. to HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}15/JH.9.8.39. Apart from complete units the following is a list of the outstanding jobs we require and if not complete by the next conference be added to the conference notes for completion dates. These are given in order of urgency. (1) Parts for adapting Humber Snipe damper on the B.60 engine in accordance with the memo. By/Ald.{F. Allwood - Experimental Design}1/AW.4.8.39. (2) Completion date of parts for the single belt scheme to be fitted to 3.B.50. The complete instructions for this job are to the memos. By/CS.7/EH.6.7.39. and By/CS.1/EH.14.6.39. and By/CS.3/EH.28.7.39. (3) A set of inlet valve spring washers and guides to EB.5033/5 and EB.5106/7/8 as instructed in our memo. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}8/MH.{M. Huckerby}12.7.38. We will allocate a head for the above as soon as parts are available. These are required for trial preparatory to similar springs being fitted to 3.B.50. if satisfactory. (4) Camshaft for trial on B.60. unit as instructed in our memo. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell}2/MH.{M. Huckerby}2.3.39. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} | ||