Ken, on 15 September 1990, 168 aircraft in seven formations celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. (taken from wiki) I was out the front of Buck palace watching. As were the royals including Princess Di. Quite easy to make them all out from where I was. So too the planes. I remember being impressed that so many Spitfires were still flying at all. I have some happy snaps somewhere but without being trained in land to air plane recognition the photo's are next to useless unfortunately.
I found this list by a guy on a releated forum:
The order of the Flypast over Buck House was as follows:-
1st Formation 7 Spitfires & 2 Hurricanes
2nd Formation
1st Cell 3 VC-10’s & 2 Tornado GR.1’s
2nd Cell 4 Hercules
3rd Cell 1 Nimrod & 2 Buccaneers
4th Cell 1 Nimrod & 2 Buccaneers
5th Cell 4 Canberras & 2 HS.125’s
3rd Formation
1st Cell 16 Tornado F.3’s
2nd Cell 16 Hawks
3rd Cell 16 Tornado F.3’s
4th Cell 16 Phantoms
4th Formation
1st Cell 16 Tornado GR.1’s
2nd Cell 16 Harriers
3rd Cell 16 Tornado GR.1’s
4th Cell 16 Jaguars
5th Formation The Red Arrows
6th Formation Lancaster
7th Formation 1 Spitfire & 1 Hurricane
After flying over Buck House, a Spitfire & Hurricane broke away from the 1st formation & reformed to create the 7th Formation.
A total of 166 different Aircraft. One of the biggest Flypasts flown in the UK
Planes TV do a video of the Fly Past
http://www.planestv.com/shop/products/ptv/dvd/battle-britain-flypast-dvd-1990* He is then corrected by another poster who said : It was five Spitfires and the two Hurricanes of the BBMF and then one Spit and one Hurricane broke away from the formation and did the final section of the flypast.
Source:
http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23633Some photos here as well.