I remember being told about the Malta accident and having a vivid description of the crash by a friend who lives in the village. He was about 8/9 years old at the time and his father was based on Malta (on Shackletons). His father had gone to work that morning and he had gone down to the beach with his family, his dad having told him to watch out for his plane because they were the only flight due out that day - he said the Vulcan was an unscheduled flight.
He heard a plane taking off and turned to watch what he thought was his dad's aircraft take off then explode and crash in flames. As he put it 'I was a bit upset at the time'. Justifiably I think.
(Apparently his father was also in crew of the 'landing a Shackleton on a U.S. carrier incident' of legend).