William
B. Lassiter
On February
22, 1945, the 82nd Fighter Group was on a mission over
Munich,
Germany. 1st Lt. William B. Lassiter in his P-38 'BJ' was shot
down and crashed.
Lassiter survived the crash and ran from his plane.
Unable to elude
the enemy, Lassiter
was captured. Lassiter ended the
war as a, POW.
Recently the
82nd FG website received 2 photos from Martin Kyburz,
Webmaster of,
SwissMustangs.ch. The 2 photos were of 'unidentfied'
recovered P-38
plane pieces. A wing and a yellow painted tale section
with the letter
'J' on it. The 96th Squadron planes were coded with the
letter 'B' with
another letter or number on the boom, 'BJ'. The last part
of the plane
code, was painted on the tail section, 'J'. After researching
82nd FG mission
reports, the photos of the unidentified recovered P-38
pieces were
identified as the P-38 flown by, 1st Lt. William B. Lassiter.
Additional photos
have now been received from Martin and are now
part of the
82nd Fighter Group website.
Our most sincere
thanks and gratitude to Martin and everyone involved
in the recovery
of the P-38 flown
by William B. Lassiter.
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