 In November 1942 , Arnold assigned Streett to take charge of the Third Air Force , a medium bomber training command based at Tampa , Florida . The unit had seen enough B @-@ 26 Marauder training accidents that grim @-@ humored airmen coined the phrase " one a day in Tampa Bay . " ( The oft @-@ repeated line was an exaggeration ; ignoring crashes into land , 13 Marauders ditched in Tampa Bay in the 14 months between the first one on August 5 , 1942 and the final one on October 8 , 1943 . ) Streett implemented a tightening of training policy to reduce losses through human error , and he initiated research into solutions for the technical problems the bomber was having . 
