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Changing the designation 'Phoenix' to 'Bentley 50'.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 111\2\  scan0253
Date  13th October 1937
  
Da. {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} HPS. {Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr} RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}
Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /Hdy. {William Hardy} Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /JNR. {Charles L. Jenner} Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /EV. {Ivan Evernden - coachwork}
Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /McS. Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /Ald. {F. Allwood - Experimental Design} Da {Bernard Day - Chassis Design} /TWD. {T. W. D’Aeith}
By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /CS. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RD. BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /HEB. {H. Biraben} BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /RCL.
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BY.6/N.13.10.37.

BENTLEY 50.

Kindly note the above designation is to be used
in place of "Phoenix".

BY. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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).


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