Rolls Royce Merlin Engines

[Andy Saunders]

Whilst many documents were "preserved" according to AMOs, APs and the like I'm afraid that it was the case that such documents were only "preserved" for as long as they were relevant. I do not believe such documents remain preserved to this day, and in this respect I refer specifically to the F.700 and engine records. Almost certainly these would have been destroyed after one of the AM's regular stock takes of documents that needed to be retained.

However, your post quoted:

"Log books of Marine Craft, Aircraft and Engines, including Engine History Sheets and Aircraft Record Cards, and Daily Work and Station Log Books will be preserved."

I do not know about marine craft, and excluding the aircraft and engine records and log sheets etc it is the case, of course, that Daily Work and Station Log Books are still retained for (most) units at TNA Kew. In this respect, I am talking about Operations Record Books and Details of Work Carried Out as I suspect this is what the latter refers to.


I'd like to be proved wrong, but I'd be most surprised (and pleasantly so!) if engine and airframe records still exist. (That is, excluding the AM Form 78, which are the Aircraft Movement Cards and which DO still exist!) Remember - we are talking about hundreds of thousands of records if we are talking about the F.700 and the engine logs! If they still existed, somebody would know where surely? I am pretty sure I know the answer that would come back from AHB.