Hurricane P2701

[Pieter H]

The "facts" related to this aircraft in my view:
1. it is definitely the P2701, so no discussion about that
2. the crash that killed FlgOff Allen on May 18 was likely into a house, as described in Twelve Days in May by FltLt Gleed of No.87 Sqn. At least that could then not have been the P2701; which one it was is another discussion. P2555 as suggested by some sources (one of the previous 12OCH discussions)?
3. The location is given in the last auction as Choisy-en-Brie. Choisy-en-Brie is south of the Marne, east of Paris, a few km SW of La Ferté-Gaucher where the Armée de l'Air had a large bomber air base. In fact it is highly likely this refers to this air base, also because from the same seller a French MB210 bomber is sold with the same location Choisy-en-Brie. All this makes the location quite accurate: a RAF Hurricane that belly-landed on/near the French airfield La Ferté-Gaucher and was abandoned there.
4. The aircraft does not carry a squadron code. Although this might have occured in other units, No.73 Sqn was the one consistently not carrying its squadron code, at least before and until May 10, showing just the individual letter (which seems on the P2701 to be I, possibly L).

From these "facts" I would derive a few assumptions:
a. If the location is correct, this is unlikely to be a No.85 Sqn aircraft, or at least not one flown in the first week of the campaign. As far as I know this squadron has never operated this far south-east.
b. The absence of the squadron code makes it likely to be a (early) No.73 Sqn machine. This fits nicely with the crash location, because from May 18 this unit operated from Gaye-Sézanne, only some 30km to the east of Choisy/La Ferté.

Assuming this is a correct assumption, the final question would be the exact loss date. Here I'm stuck. It is tempting to link it to the No.73 loss of May 15 of Sgt Friend, which according Peter's TBoFTaN made an emergency landing at La Ferté. However, that was after a fight over Vouziers, some 150km to the NE and there are many Ferté's in France, so probably not this one. Also because the aircraft is said to have returned next day.

So more likely is a crash landing after May 18 until early June, when the squadron returned to the UK.Alternatively it could have been during a transfer flight. Any suggestions?

Cheers, Pieter