There were no Spitfires at the fall of Singapore and Malaya, were there But there were Hurricanes.

True. On the other hand, there were Spitfires and Seafires at the liberation of Singapore and Malaya, but were there any Hurricanes? Are these two different theatres or fronts?
It is not difficult to find instances where at a particular moment in time there were no Spitfires, but there were Hurricanes, or the opposite. The question, I think, is how you define ‘front’ and ‘theatre’ when thinking of this quote.

Did Hurricanes ever do bomber escort for Bomber Command into France, etc, like Spitfires did? I’ve never seen photos or read of Hurricanes doing this.

Yes, they did, at least until July 1941. With some success even.

Don’t forget the Hurricanes made good night fighters too. Another area they did well where some other fighters failed.

Now, here we come to the question wether anyone can reasonably say that any single-seat radarless aeroplane ‘made a good night fighter’ in WWII.

Some Spitfires (mainly MkIXs I believe) were sent to Russia but they were not popular

This is a popular statement from Soviet publications (imperialist product officially popular in that country?), but I guess that Soviet Spitfire pilots might argue with that.

No Spitfires fought in the Battle of France proper,

Spitfire fighters, you meant? PR Spitfires were very busy in both the phoney War and the Battle of France proper, from Belgium in the North, down to the Mediterranean.

There is also a Czech book published recently, which lists all the incidents and accidents involving personnel of the Czechoslovak Air Force in Britain where aircraft were damaged/destroyed and/or personnel injured/wounded/killed.

I hope you will excuse me, gentlemen, if I go back to the topic.

Because something’s not documented doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

Of course, nothing is impossible, but some things are less probable than other.
Incidentally, a book has just been published that lists all fatalities (over 2,000) of the Polish Air Force in WWII. The book is pretty comprehensive (ca. 600 pages A4 size) and provides info on circumstances of all the losses.

A mate showed me some photos of this place that he took on a visit to Poland a couple of weeks back this morning (Brought them in to work for me to drool over), from what I saw of them, that place has some very interesting bits and pieces including a number of SAM systems (with Launchers and Radars) and even a Spitfire in RAF (Polish) markings.

To my knowledge they have not had a Spitfire there in the last 50 years. Which is a shame, as there used to be two there, but both were scrapped in early 1950s as ‘examples of imperialist technology’.

It is not advertised at all 🙁
I found it, by just passing by.
Easy to find anyway, very close to one the big bridges crossing the river, I think the most southern one. I can point it on a map if you want.

No, it is not the most southern one. The Museum (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego in Polish, pronounced “Moozeoom Voyska Polskyego”) is located near the Poniatowski Bridge. I am sure every Warsawer would be able to tell you were the MWP is. It is right next to the National Museum for better identification.

I’ve always liked the idea of ordering a pint of ‘Thunderbolt’!

A jug would be more appropriate than a pint.

I keep finding references telling me that RAF Speke played a busy role during WWII, but I can’t seem to find out what it did or who was based there.
If anyone has any info, anecdotes, photo’s or whatever – I’d be delighted to see/hear them.

Check this:
http://www.south-lancs-aviation.bravepages.com/history_of_speke_airport.htm
A number of Polish fighter squadrons were based there during 1940-1941.
308 was formed at Speke in September 1940.
In 1941 Speke was a ‘rest & replenish’ base for Polish units that had their forward combat base at Northolt. 315 on Hurricanes was based at Speke from March till July 1941. In July it went to Northolt, replaced at Speke by 303, which in turn traded places with 306 in October. 306 moved out in December. Throughout their time there, their main role was (apart from operational training) to provide convoy escort for shipping to and from Liverpool.
There are some photos from Speke in the 315 Sqn MMP book that JDK would like me to mention here.