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).
Delayed delivery of a large drawing board, attributing the delay to enemy action.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\2\ img331 | |
| Date | 20th January 1941 | |
| E.V/Draper. 17 seen Draper Please note Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} EJJ/HC.13/PC.20.1.41. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from EJJ/HC. re - Large Drawing Board. Further to your memo Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/RH.{R. Hollingworth}28.12.40, we have strongly urged delivery of the full size Drawing Board from Messrs. B. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Hall, and have obtained a definite promise of delivery by Monday, January. 20th. The delay has been caused through enemy action and several other quite legitimate reasons, and we assure you that Messrs. B. J.{Mr Johnson W.M.} Hall are now under no misapprehension regarding our opinion and their service in connection with this order. EJJ/HC. HC | ||