Ken Ridings

Kenneth Lovett Ridings (7 February 1920 – 17 May 1943) was an Australian cricketer and air force pilot who died in World War II.

[1] An opening batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler, Ken Ridings made his first-class debut for South Australia in December 1938 at the age of 18.

[2] The next season, against Queensland in Adelaide, he scored 151, adding 196 in 115 minutes with Bradman, in South Australia's total of 7 for 821 declared.

[3] Ridings enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in July 1941 and served as a flying officer.

[4] On 17 May 1943, a Short Sunderland took off from RAF Mount Batten in Devon with 12 people on board, including Ridings, who was serving in the role of first pilot.

Short Sunderland DW4004 , the aircraft Ridings was shot down and killed in