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).
Letter to the Air Ministry requesting material release for the production of 13.2 mm and 40 mm guns.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\1\ img020 | |
| Date | 1st July 1940 | |
| COPY. Pm.3/M.{Mr Moon / Mr Moore} 1.7.40. A.D.Arm.P.1. Air Ministry, Dept., Z.1. Harrogate. For the attention of Mr. MacDonald. Dear Mr. MacDonald, I should be very glad if you would remind Sir John Salmond that we want material release for 25 sets of 13.2 gun material and 25 sets of 40 mm. gun material, and that we are going to be severely handicapped in the experimental production of both these weapons unless we get a release promptly. Yours sincerely, p.p. W.A.Robotham. Dictated, but signed in Mr. Robotham's absence. | ||