The proof and firing trials for a 40 m/m gun for a Beaufighter installation.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 176\1\ img158 | |
| Date | 17th April 1941 | |
| To. Mr/WV. from HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} c.c. Mr. Hives Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} ROLLS ROYCE 40 m {Mr Moon / Mr Moore} /m. GUN FOR BEAUFIGHTER INSTALLATION. Providing you have now finished with modifications and alterations, there is every chance of this gun being ready for proof trials at Derby on Saturday the 26th inst. Will you please let us know the type of mounting which will be necessary for firing trials at Pendine. --------------------- HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} | ||
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).