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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).
Clarifying the numbering of the Goshawk 11 frame cross member.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 75\3\  scan0299
Date  8th March 1921
  
BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} from Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
c. to RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} (1 print)
c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}
c. to TB.

X.3522
4260
Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}9/CB8.3.21.

X.4260 - GOSHAWK 11 - FRAME CROSS MEMBER. X.3522.

Replying to your BY/C18/P22.2.21., we intended on Goshawk 11 to number of cross member from the rear as on the 40/50. We think that Goshawk 1 has been numbered the other way, due to some oversight, as it was certainly not our intention.

Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}
  
  


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