Hi Gosd,
I dont think its the XDP file, all of the hurricanes included with ETO use the same XDP entries for damage and effects linked to that damage.
It would be interesting if you where to select one of the other ETO hurricanes for the mission and see if the same thing happens. If so there might be a problem with all the Hurricanes, it maybe that what ever part was hit and cought fire is calling on an emitter that doesn't exist in the model.
regards Rob.