Avro Lancaster III (DV238 KM-M) on a mission to Berlin on 1943-12-17

On Thursday, 16 December 1943, (a part of) the aircraft of the 44 squadron (RAF), took off for a mission to Berlin in Germany from a station (airfield) in or near Dunholme Lodge.
One of the crew members was Flight Sergeant L Barker. He departed for his mission at 16:21.
He flew with a Avro Lancaster (type III, with serial DV238 and code KM-M). His mission and of the other crew members was planned for Friday, 17 December 1943.

Jamie Thomas O'Malley: I have come across your website whilst researching about my Great Uncle Pilot Officer Thomas Melia, whom I am named after. He was the Navigator on DV238 mission to Berlin with Flight Sargeant L Barker. He was one of the crew who was killed when the plane went down near Diepholz nr Hannover in Germany. 

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