The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Leland P. Molland
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Date of Death
May 16, 1951
Lieutenant Colonel Molland was the pilot of a T-33A Shooting Star fighter with the Headquarters Squadron 49th Fighter Bomber Group. On May 16, 1951, while returning from a combat weather mission, on the aircraft's approach to Taegu Airfield #1 (K-2), it crashed into a mountain 12 miles southeast of Taegu, Korea.