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).
The need to obtain invoices for expenditures on Oerlikon Mountings parts before submitting a figure to the Admiralty.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 175\3\ img247 | |
| Date | 25th October 1940 | |
| COPY. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/CEP. c. G/Rb.{R. Bowen} HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/CEP.7/EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}25.10.40. Oerlikon Mountings. Referring to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}7/ML.19.10.40. before a com- prehensive figure can be submitted to the Admiralty showing expen- diture involved in producing redundant adaptor pieces for the above, it will be necessary to obtain an invoice from the L.M.S. for the manufacture of armouring details to Drg. QPL.134/5 and part-manu- facture of 36 pairs of mounting plates, QR.116/7. In addition, the B.U.S.M. Co., incurred expen- diture in part-manufacture of 36 sets of redundant pieces. Steps are being taken to obtain these invoices. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/CEP. | ||