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 W.A. Robotham arranging a revised time for a works visit, accompanied by the officer commanding the Spitfires at Duxford.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 90\4\ scan0186 | |
| Date | 7th March 1939 | |
| 261 SS.{S. Smith} TELEPHONE. 17 P.O. EASTGATE HOUSE, BOURNE, LINCOLNSHIRE. W.A.Robotham, Esq., Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby. 7th March 1939. My dear Robotham, As arranged by Mr. Mitchell I am very much looking forward to coming to see you at your Works to-morrow, Wednesday, before my "talk" in the evening. I now find that I have a very important business appointment here to-morrow, and shall not be able to leave Bourne until 3.0 p.m. All being well, I hope to arrive at your office at about 4.30 p.m. which should give us time to have a talk and have a look round your Works, which I should like to do very much. A great personal friend of mine, Wing Commander Lester (who is the officer commanding Duxford Air Station) will be coming with me and I trust you will have no objection to this. As no doubt you will know, he is in charge of the Spitfires at Duxford. With kind regards, Yours sincerely, Raymond Mays | ||