That was an extraordinarily informative quiz. I'd read about the Sea Hurricanes but never saw a detailed discussion. It was the combination of low pilot losses and high aircraft losses that finally tipped me off.
New quiz. I'll start with ordinary, straightforward clues. If nobody gets it after a decent interval, I have a clue in reserve which will probably tip off a lot of people, but mostly, or even entirely, "people of a certain age," as the saying goes.
Looking for a pilot.
1. Joined the military in peacetime.
2. Fighter pilot with some kills, but not an ace.
3. Best known (apart from future old-person clue yet to come) for wartime aviation operations other than air-to-air combat.