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).
Weapon development and contracts, mentioning the Beaufighter aircraft and German armaments.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\3\ img046 | |
| Date | 29th August 1940 | |
| Cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} - 4 - Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}2/HL.29.8.40. in the Beaufighter. It was agreed that two or three months were likely to elapse before the machines would actually be ready for trying out. During this time a satisfactory automatic weapon would almost certainly have been developed. A contract has been obtained to build a total of three of these guns. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} pointed out that the cannon gun was gradually coming to the front since a German machine had been shot down, equipped with a 30 mm. weapon. Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} | ||