[Bruce Lander]

Hi Gentlemen,

thank you all for your impressive response to this original query. I suppose it is a slim possibility that a third Hurricane ( first actually) was repaired and flown out before Linney and Strange escaped, maybe by a pilot already stranded at Merville ( I believe some pilots were left behind when their units flew back to UK as there were no serviceable aircraft available and had to make their own way home).
Once again thanks everyone

Bruce Lander