Leland Phillips Molland
Military
Object Number - UPL 33877 - Capt Tommy Molland 308th FS
CO 308th FS 31st FG MTO
11 air kills (5 Spitfire MK VIII + 3 P-51B + 3 P-51D
P-51D s/n 44-13311 HL+C "O'Kaye"
KIA 5-16-1951 with the 49th FBW flying a T-33 on a weather recon mission.
Silver Star Service: Army Air Forces
Battalion: 308th Fighter Squadron
Division: 15th Air Force
GENERAL ORDERS:
Headquarters, 15th Air Force, General Orders No. 416 (1944)
CITATION:
SYNOPSIS: Major (Air Corps) Leland Phelps Molland (AFSN: 0-9572A), United States Army Air Forces, was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action against the enemy as a P-51 Fighter Pilot of the 308th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, FIFTEENTH Air Force, in action against the enemy in aerial combat in the Mediterranean Theater of Action during World War II. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army Air Forces.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 31st Fighter Group 308th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-667107
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 325th Fighter Group 318th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 31st Fighter Group 350th Fighter Group 308th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-401549
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 31st Fighter Group 308th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
North Dakota, USA | 7 May 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
Fort Meade, Sturgis, SD 57785, USA | 26 May 1942 | |
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Died |
Daegu, South Korea | 16 May 1951 | Lieutenant Colonel Molland was the pilot of a T-33A #49-988 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. |
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Buried |
20 December 1951 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA Plot: Sec: 3, Site: 2263-A | |
| Cass County, ND, USA |
