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 Mr. F. Aspin cancelling a visit and halting development work due to the serious situation in France.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 134\1\ scan0230 | |
| Date | 24th May 1940 | |
| Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}9/ML. F.Aspin,Esq., Experimental Laboratories, Elton, Bury. 24.5.40. Dear Mr. Aspin, Thank you for your letter of 23rd. May. together with the photograph of your valve, which is of considerable interest. I was sorry to have to put off the visit to your Lab. yesterday, but we have stopped our development work to get the last ounce out of production in view of the exceedingly serious situation in France. Yours sincerely, | ||