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).
Requesting the despatch of brake shoe blanks and wheel cylinder castings to Lockheed for machining.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\3\ scan0169 | |
| Date | 22th January 1942 | |
| 1029 To Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/FC. from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/MHR.{M. H. Rigby} Copy to D/BP. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/MHR.{M. H. Rigby}7/ET.22.1.42. Will you please despatch the accompanying items to The Lockheed Hydraulic Brake Co., Ltd., Tachbrook Road, Leaminton Spa, Warwickshire. and mark the package "for the attention of Mr. Parnell". The package to contain the following:- 27 - brake shoe blanks - our No. RG.{Mr Rowledge}2795. 2 - wheel cylinder castings - our No. GB.4178. All these items will be machined and returned to us at our expense. O/N. 753. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/MHR.{M. H. Rigby} | ||