MrSmoothie
Airman
- 66
- Jan 21, 2019
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Probably there for reinforcement, there is an aft access door in that exact area.
I am not familiar with the Mosquito armour but many other aircraft had armour with one hard and one soft face and that armour was usually identified with paint if there was any possibility of fitting it in reverse.
Some one either does not like the Lancaster pilot, or else they do not like the Mosquito navigator.
View attachment 666699Lancaster
View attachment 666700Mosquito
Somewhere on the internet . . . there is also a photo of the back of the Mosquito pilot's armour plate with a yellow circle on it.
I am 90% sure that round thing top left on the mosquito navs armour is a window - laminated to provide some protection
Forward nav light.
I am not familiar with the Mosquito armour but many other aircraft had armour with one hard and one soft face and that armour was usually identified with paint if there was any possibility of fitting it in reverse.