[gedburke3]

Hi Larry
I do have a photograph somewhere of a 17 squadron hurricane taken just before the Battle of France.
It clearly shows that the hand in armour of 17 squadrons crest was painted onto the front of their aircraft below the front of the canopy.
There is also a well known picture of Bird Wilson standing near the rudder of a hurricane. The same armoured hand is painted on the rudder.
Gerry