Diary Type: Training - 19 Aug 44
Waite, Lyle Dwaine
We were supposed to fly today, but we didn't have a plane. We had to practice ditching and bailout. They had a crash at Mountain Home today. A B-26 hit a B-24 and all nine men were killed. While we were on the line a B- 24 came down and cut the engines as soon as they hit. Some gas line was broken in the bomb bay and it was spraying gas all through the lane. They didn't have a fire start. Another plane came in without any brakes. They set her back on the tail skid and stopped her o.k.