Video report: Battle of Britain flypast across the South

It was a remarkable moment in history -a spectacle for us all to see - and a poignant tribute - 75 years since the Battle of Britain.

At two o'clock this afternoon around 40 spitfires and hurricanes took off from the wartime RAF airbase at Goodwood in Sussex following ten different flightpaths across the South. Their formations could be seen from the Isle of Wight, over Portsmouth, Ringwood, Weymouth and Salisbury up to Basingstoke, Aldershot and Reading.

Other formations could be spotted over Bognor, Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, Folkestone, Dover, Tunbridge Wells, Haywards Heath and back to Goodwood.

Ninety-five-year-old Battle of Britain wing commander Tom Neil was in the plane that led the flypast, watched by Prince Harry. Andrew Pate was among the crowds to see them take off.