Tintagel Hunter Story

Wasn’t there a similar event to this, when a Vulcan had been abandoned by its crew while it was heading out to sea over the NE, it then headed back in land and crashed on school fields?

You’re referring to the crash of Vulcan XM610 of 44 Squadron, which crashed at Wingate, County Durham, on 8th January 1971. Rather than repeat published accounts at length, there are comprehensive accounts of the incident here:

Flight International, 2 May 1981
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft XA100 – XZ999, published 2001
http://www.neam.co.uk/wingate.html
http://www.seaham.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=232
http://northeasthistorytour.blogspot.com/2011_09_01_archive.html
http://www.avrovulcan.org.uk/michael_slorance/XM610.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingate,_County_Durham

The exact crash site is locally known as “Store Field” due to it being behind the local Co-op store. Plus, forumites connected to the NEAM will know a lot about this if you ask them nicely…