Hi,
Alexander Barratt was not one of the witnesses called at the enquiry. Apart from his fortunate escape in not being required on the flight, he was clearly not involved with it.
Interestingly, the photo shows a Short Sunderland on fire and not the G-Class Empire Boat Golden Horn. In fact it is one of a series of images of Sunderland L5807 of 228 Squadron which was shot up by a Bf109 at Malta 27 April 1941. It was burnt out.
I'm not sure why he would have had that photo, there could be many reasons for it to have had some significance for him. Thanks for showing it and the others of him.
I've attached one more of the same incident, photographed a little later just slightly off to one side and with the wings settling into the water.
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All the best
