Been a while but interesting to read this thread.
Of course there were no Hurricane loses on the 17th September. On the 27th September there were Hurricanes escorting bombers but again no RAF loses or Russian bombers. Actually the RAF pilots claimed a couple.
http://lend-lease.airforce.ru/englis...rd/hurricanes/
Also, they would not have been Soviet operated Hurricanes as this handover did not occur until October 1941.
Great thread though.
regards
Mark