Bob, there are no stars on the flag, which looks like the Blue Ensign. Perhaps the pilot/owner is Royal Navy Retired, or Royal Navy Reserve, who are allowed to use the flag, I believe.
G-CBEL was built by Hawkers at Langley as one of the Baghdad Furies delivered in 1953 with serial 315. It probably remained in service until the early 1960s, when it was stored along with a number of other airframes. By the 1980s a number of Sea Furies had found their way into the hands of racing pilots in the United States, due to their high speed.
A number were discovered in Iraq, including 315, being shipped to the States for overhaul, where 315 emerged with smart Royal Navy colours and registration N36SF. Acquired by John Bradshaw in the summer of 1990, it was shipped by sea to Southampton, being flown again in September. Immaculately maintained, the fighter only undertook limited flying work over the next few years.
Regulations meant that it could not remain on the American aircraft register, and so in August 2001 it was placed on the British civil register as G-CBEL.
The colour scheme represents the various navies that operated Sea Furies - Britain, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands - but it remains a Fury, i.e. without wing folding actuation or a tail hook.
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