I don’t know that it was a favourite, but there was certainly a famous incident in 1968 where a pilot decided to buzz Tower Bridge as a protest against the MoD not recognising the RAF’s 50th anniversary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hunter_Tower_Bridge_inc...
(My father was also ex-RAF, though his role was to jump out of planes - and teach others how to - rather than fly them)
(My father was also ex-RAF, though his role was to jump out of planes - and teach others how to - rather than fly them)