I grew up near Detroit City Airport (DET)...
I was nine years old at the time of the RAF crash on the eastside but only remember folks talking about it. I am a retired Detroit firefighter and will pass on the photos of the crash to some still on the DFD.
About the time of the 1958 RAF crash in Detroit there was a freighter collision off of Harsens Island in the St. Clair River, possibly in the bend in the river near where the Idle Hour Hotel was. Said bend was replaced but the seaway channel for shipping. I remember going out on the Russell Island ferry with my father to see the sunk freighter with only its two superstructures being above the water. Do you know of said ship sinking and do you have access to any photos of it?