That's right Jeff, the Hurricane was deemed to have played second fiddle to the Spitfire, unfairly in my opinion but, I guess it was a case of 'horses for courses'. The spitfire was more of a match for the Luftwaffe fighter escorts so was used primarily in this role but, it still played a large part in destroying the main bomber streams. On the other hand the Hurricane was deemed to be less effective against the fighter escorts so it's primary role was to attack the main bomber streams but, it could put up a decent fight against the escort fighters and was used extensively in this role throughout the battle of Britain due to the larger number of hurricanes available compared to spifires. That said, I still believe that the primary reason for success was the guy sitting in the seat as opposed to which plane the seat was in, remembering of course the valuable contribution pilots from overseas played in the battle of Britain.