Hi, as for Defiant survivors, there are a couple of war-grave wrecks. One off the coast of Scotland(Moray) and another that was spotted in Lock Ness during the extraction of the Wellington that’s now at Brooklands. There have been rumours of major surviving parts ‘somewhere in Wales’ but no hard evidence. Also stories of crates of Defiant Wing sections buried under what’s now a supermarket car park in Desford where the firm Reid & Sigrist were based, who carried out repair work on Defiants and did most of the conversion of the Defiant I fighters to TT.III configuration.
Regarding a new flying replica, I did hear the man involved with the MB.5 has a friend with similar interests and had been considering the Defiant as a possible project, so who knows it could happen.
As for other BoB types, I think it was Charles Church who came closest to getting a Fairey Battle up and running. A shame this did not succeed.
btw, the BPA website is easier to get to and remember via http://www.boultonpaul.com
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