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).
Request for a permit to purchase ash wood for a 'Myth' experimental body and wings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 117\4\ scan0168 | |
| Date | 24th September 1941 | |
| Handwritten (top): W Freeman. Can you arrange this? We ought to have no difficulty in getting the wood here. To Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/EAG. Typed: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/EAG.1/ET.24.9.41. Mr. Emms, Buyer at Park Ward's telephoned this morning, asking that we should supply a permit for them to purchase 20 cu.ft. of ash to be used for jigs for the first Myth experimental body, and also a certificate to enable them to get the wings made by the people who usually make the hand made wings for them. Mr. Emms states that they have already written to you on this subject. Handwritten (bottom): Permit to purchase sent to P.W on 3-11-41. Ruf.WYM.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/EAG. CooL Pides 1021 | ||