A photograph was taken of this aircraft, a B-26 Marauder,
as it was about to crash.

But that's not true. 

The plane was fine. If you look below the plane you can see that it's merely passing over a train on the tracks below.



Optical illusion

Italy, Pisa airport, early 1945: an US Army Air Force Stinson L-5 Sentinel, liaison and artillery observation aircraft, in front to the wreck of a large hangar. In front the aircraft two pilots of the USAAF’s 57th Fighter Group, Lt James C. "Wabbit" Hare and Edward J. Silks both of 57th’s 65th Fighter Squadron (photo from the Lt. Hare’s collection). Victor Sierra

Sentinel at Pisa

USAAF’s North American B-25 raiding Ancona and his harbor in front the Adriatic coast, likely 1944. Victor Sierra