I have few thinking about all this for a few days now.. And I would like to put to bed one theory that has been nagging me...
Could not the incident reported to Linney on 29th May 1940 actually be referring to the incident on 23rd May 1940 and it is just that it took 4 days for this to be realised (and it was written up wrongly at the time) - as he went out in one plane and came back in another? I may of course be barking up the wrong tree completely on this but here are my thoughts.
Firstly.. Linney is quoted as being shot down on 29th May 1940 in Hurricane N2521 'off Dunkirk' at 17.30 hrs in Battle Of France
Norman Franks had this aircraft "lost" on August 16th 1940 when with 43 Sqn (P/O Charles Anthony “Tony” Woods-Scawen) but he had doubts
as he put a ? after it.
In the earlier Battle of Britain Then and Now Woods-Scawen aircraft is listed as N2621 (which Air Britain has lost on 28th July 1941
while with 56 OTU when it dived into ground 6 miles East of Downham Market, Norfolk)
Wright Air wrecks by A.T. Gilliam identifes Woods-Scawen aircraft lost on August 16th 1940 as N3251
See:
www.gdtp.freeserve.co.uk/crashlist.pdf
Back to Linney on the 29th May 1940 - He was shot down with F/O William Gerard New (Serial Number 39894) also of 229 Sqn 'over Dunkirk' - But both Law and Linney made it back to their unit but there is no explanation of how they achieved this.. There are references to other pilots rescued by ships etc. Of course they could have just got on a ship at Dunkirk and made it back a few days later.. Does the 229 Sqn ORB make reference of this?
I have WG New reported as 'Wounded in Action' in Air Ministry Casualty Communique No. 39. Published in July 1940, but I do not know if this refers to the incident on 29th May or a later one.
Finally, all references to Linney (such as Men of BoB) only state he was shot down once...
Anyway please feel free to prove me completely wrong on this!