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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Leslie C. Wolbrink

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Grant, Michigan

Honored By

Larry E. Carpenter

Relationship

Aviation Historian

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED AS A TB-25J ‘MITCHELL’ MEDIUM TRAINER BOMBER PILOT, WHO WAS KILLED NOVEMBER 18, 1944. HIS BOMBER CRASHED NEAR PETERSON ARMY AIR FIELD, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO AFTER ENCOUNTERING A HEAVY SNOWSTORM AND STRUCK SOME RISING TERRAIN. HIS FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED AT LA JUNTA, COLORADO ARMY AIR FIELD.