Back to the Lew Hill issue - and I don't doubt that someone told you this was true.
The plate says (or always used to) that the ILS on 26 was suitable for auto-coupled approaches to the threshold (I'm guessing that means autoland). I certainly hope it does as I have autolanded at Brize on more than one occasion (not in the TriStar, tempting as it was). Absolutely no issues.
The crash was down to mode awareness - or lack of, not the aircraft or airfield capability.