The Korean War Veterans Honor Roll
Leland R. Osborn
Rank
Ensign, U.S. Navy
Date of Death
May 7, 1954
Ensign Osborn was the co-pilot of a Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune patrol bomber with Patrol Squadron 23, based at Naval Air Station New Brunswick, Maine. On May 7, 1954, the squadron was participating in Exercise ASDEVEX 1-54 from Windsor Field, Nassau. Shortly after takeoff, it crashed into the ocean killing 10 crewmen.