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Teleprint from Mr Golovine to Mr HT Chapman Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Contracts...

Catalogue reference: PA1716/5/3/137

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This record is a file about the Teleprint from Mr Golovine to Mr HT Chapman Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Contracts... dating from 10 September 1952.

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Reference
PA1716/5/3/137
Title
Teleprint from Mr Golovine to Mr HT Chapman Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Contracts with Supermarine re Sapphire
Date
10 September 1952
Description

Mr Smith, Chief Engineer of Supermarine, is not interested in our suggestion of fitting a Sapphire in the Swift. He thought we were working in very close contact with Hawker, and therefore he preferred to to rely on Rolls-Royce

Held by
Coventry Archives & Research Centre
Former department reference
AS Sapphire/Supermarine corr
Language
English
Physical description
1 Item
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/06f76232-763f-4fe2-86eb-c5acf6f8da03/

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Teleprint from Mr Golovine to Mr HT Chapman Armstrong Siddeley Motors: Contracts with Supermarine re Sapphire