Date:	Monday 30 September 1940
Time:	16:30
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire Mk I
Owner/operator:	152 (Hyderabad) Sqn RAF
Registration:	L1072
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	English Channel near Portland, Dorset, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Warmwell, Dorset.
Destination airport:	RAF Warmwell.

Narrative:
Spitfire L1072: Missing, believed shot down. 30/09/1940

The pilot of this aircraft was Sergeant L.A.E. Reddington (RAFVR), flying as Green 3 as part of a 12 aircraft interception of a German bomber force with fighter escort. A number of dogfights ensued after which he was discovered to be missing. (Source 2).
Crew:
Sgt (742516) Leslie Arthur Edwin REDDINGTON (pilot) RAF : killed

It is highly probably that his name appears on a family gravestone in Reigate, Surrey where his surname appears to have been mis-spelt.

The dedication reads:
On top plinth: ALSO/ THEIR GRANDSON/ On 2nd plinth: SGT. PILOT LESLIE RIDDINGTON/ GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY/ 30TH SEPT 1940/ AGED 26

See source 4 for location details.

The original Casualty Pack for this loss (AIR 81/3554) is at the UK National Archives. See source 5.

1.Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
2.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8389636
3.AIR81/3554
4.https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2939977/leslie-arthur-edwin-reddington
5.https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/96504
6.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16687652

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Aug-2013 15:05	JINX	Added
07-Aug-2013 15:10	JINX	Updated [Aircraft type]
05-Mar-2014 06:33	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
02-May-2023 07:50	Richard	Updated [[Operator]]
02-May-2023 10:10	Nepa	Updated [[[Operator]]]
04-Jul-2023 14:28	Richard	Updated [[[[Operator]]]]
05-Jul-2023 08:43	Nepa	Updated [[[[[Operator]]]]]