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Re: 23rd May 1940
His Obituary in the Times fro Nov 16th 1966 (he died the day before) says that "He rejoined the RAF in 1940 and was ground control officer of an aerodrome in France when it was hurriedly evacuted. He carried out a hasty and unorthodox repair to a Hurricane and flew it back across the Channel. It was not a type he had flown before and was more over unarmed and without several important instruments, nonetheless when attacked by eight Messerschmitts. Stange then 48 years old, became fairly belligernet and put on such a good show that the Germans apparently believing that he was trying to bring his non-existent guns to bear sheered off" - For his expolits he was awarded a bar to his DFC
A bit of a boys own description, and no reference to repairing other Hurricanes, though of course it is possible
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