The sight of a low-flying Allied plane sends Nazi soldiers rushing for cover on a beach in France, before D-Day June 1944. The aircraft was taking reconnaissance photos of German coastal barriers in preparation for the June 6th invasion. 
Obrigado - Overlord

Preparing the invasion

P 47-D destroyed on Asche airfield/Belgium. Probably in course of German Operation Bodenplatte of January 1, 1945.

Thunderbolt destroyed on the ground

B-17 F, The All American, a member of the 414th Squadron of the 97th Bomb Group was hit by a Me-109 whose pilot was probably dead or unconscious. The 109 sliced through the aft section of the B-17 cutting the left elevator clean off. Having just completed a bombing mission over Tunisia the pilot still had an hour and a half of flying time back to his base in Biskra. He landed safely and the rear of the plane collapsed. To the best of my memory I do not believe any crew members were killed. 