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.

Service

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	North Dakota, USA	7 May 1919
Lived in	Cass County, ND, USA	1942
Enlisted	Fort Meade, Sturgis, SD 57785, USA	26 May 1942
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.
Buried		20 December 1951
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA Plot: Sec: 3, Site: 2263-A