Of course there was also the earlier non-fatal accident(mid sixties?). Comet (Mk 3?) backtracking runway 27 prior to departure (no full length taxiway) and a BEA Trident doing circuits was apparently cleared to 'land over' it but didn't, taking off its fin (the Comet's that is).
I first heard about this when arriving at Halton for gliding; one of the parked Comets there was minus its fin which had been pinched to repair the one at Bedford!