![]() ![]() near 9 1/2 Mile and Van Dyke, killing all three passengers.ĭidn't a plane taking off from City Airport crash into the cemetery across the street a few years ago? While not technically within the city limits, a plane that took off from Detroit City Airport in January of 1963 failed to gain altitude and crashed in a backyard on Jewett St. Another was a Budd Conestoga that crashed in a field. One was a DC-3 that crashed on the Eastside taking out several houses. In winter we used to park at the Grand Point Cut and walk across the ice to Russell Island.Īccording to the Grosse Ile Naval Air Station web site the plane was a RAF Vulcan Jet Bomber. Are you from Harsens Island? I learned to swim on Russell Island where my father had a cottage. You might check at the website 'professional pilot rumor network' or The type aircraft slips me possibly a Dehavilland(sp) delta wing fighter-bomber. Not to many years ago someone reported finding small pieces of the in said area. That's why I put Within the City limits.Ī British RAF jet crashed in the '50s during a air show with debris falling in the Jefferson-Chalmers area. I'm not talking about the Northwest crash, because we had a long thread on that one. Can anyone remember that one? I remember reading about it, but I don't remember the details. I know that a plane crashed at the foot of Ashland where there are newer houses that don't match the surrounding area, but I also recall hearing about another plane crash on Mound Road. ![]()
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