Suit is absolutely correct about the London Airport crash. It was on 1 Oct 56 and there were a whole host of contributory factors including previously unknown pressure errors affecting the Vulcan altimeter system. The weather conditions passed to the crew were entirely reasonable for a GCA approach and Broadhurst did not pressure the crew to make the approach.
It was 3/4 of an acre of Brussels sprouts which were flattened, incidentally!
The Syerston accident was caused by the aircraft being flown at 410-420 kts, 40 kts over its maximum permitted speed, at 70 ft a.g.l. (yes, seventy feet) and then executing a rolling pull up at around 2-3g, nearly 3 times the permitted limit. Not surprisingly it disintegrated.
Acknowledgements to my first Vulcan captain, Andrew Brookes, as some of this information comes from his excellent book 'Crash'
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