pilot Charlie Brown will take to the air in a Second World War Spitfire at a concert in North Yorkshire.

He will be putting on an aerial display above Castle Howard, near Malton, at its Proms classical spectacular on Saturday, August 16.

The flight will pay tribute to composer Ron Goodwin, who died in January this year.,

Mr Goodwin was best-known for the stirring music he wrote for films such as The Battle of Britain, Where Eagles Dare and Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines.

Mr Brown, who is the chief pilot for the Historic Aircraft Collection in East Sussex, looks the part with a handle-bar moustache.

Concert producer Rob McIntosh said: "Flying historic aircraft has made Charlie almost a regular on screens, appearing most notably in the Disney war epic Pearl Harbor.

"At 42, he's a little young to have appeared in any of the 60s classics associated with Ron Goodwin but is thrilled to be giving this flying tribute at Castle Howard, in the most legendary of fighters, the Spitfire."

The Mark V Spitfire he will fly was an original combat plane, built in Castle Bromwich in the West Midlands and delivered in April, 1942.

It served with 315 and 317 (Polish) Squadrons RAF at Woodvale until February, 1943.

The make is a rarity with five left, four in the UK and one in the US.

For concert tickets, contact 0845 225 6020. Prices before August 15 are adults £23, child £12. A ten per cent discount will be given for adult groups of 12 or more. On the night (subject to availability) adults pay £25, children £14.

The grounds open at 5pm and the concert starts at 6.15pm.