Date:	Tuesday 29 October 1940
Time:	c.
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa
Owner/operator:	19 Sqn RAF
Registration:	P7423
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Chelmsford, Essex, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England
Destination airport:	RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire

Narrative:
19 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Supermarine Spitfirea P7423 'QV-Y', was shot down by Messerschmitt Bf 109s when on patrol over south London. The aircraft crashed east of London in Chelmsford, Essex, killing the Pilot, Sub-Lieutenant , Arthur Giles Blake, (FAA pilot attached to the RAF).

1.Battle of Britain London Monument - Sub/Lt.(FAA) A G Blake (bbm.org.uk).
2. Spitfire pilots and aircraft database - Spitfire P7423 (allspitfirepilots.org)
3. Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Flying Personnel 1939 - 1947 (aircrewremembered.com)
4. Spitfire P7423 - Aircraft Details - Aviation Directory (worldnavalships.com)
5. ORB 19 Sqdn RAF
6. 19 Squadron RAF Wikipedia

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Mar-2021 19:22	Peter Clarke	Added
08-Mar-2021 20:24	Castle	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Operator]
06-Oct-2023 21:32	Ron Averes	Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Operator]]