BDKD was airworthy a year or so ago in someones back yard in the North West ..... I last captured it in the grounds of the Whitefields Hotel at the end of the M45..... in 1993.... but corresponded with the last known owner in 2008. It is registered in Preston.
The Met 222 crash took place when the aircraft was practicing ILS approaches into Hatfield and the T/R failed.... just what the ILS approaches were all about! It was agreed to be Bell's fault.... a new mod they had just fitted to the 222 failed so they picked up the repair tab.