Armour Plate for Avro Lancaster

[TheDigger]

Hello, my name is Louis. I'm researching an Avro Lancaster Mk.IIIb that crashed near my home in June 1944. I've found quite a few parts, but I'm not sure how to identify them. I also found a very heavy metal plate with a distinctive shape, which I'll attach a photo of. Could it be an armour plate?

 

[pb43]

Probably not from the fuselage. More likely armour from the engines

 

[Whack100]

Hi Louis

Great find!

That's almost certainly one of the outer plates from the FN.50 mid-upper turret fitted to the Lancaster, the shape and mounting bracket seem to match up really well.

Luckily, the Germans meticulously documented a lot of enemy armor plates. If it measures around 10 x 11.8 x 0.37 inches (or 253 x 300 x 9.5 mm), then that pretty much confirms it.