MILITARY charity Legasee Educational Trust has recorded the exploits of Berlin Airlift Veteran William Campbell to mark the 65th anniversary of the largest humanitarian airlift in history.

William Campbell is one of 50 Veterans taking part in the venture, which is being funded by the Heritage Lottery. The aim of the venture is to ensure that the contribution made by William Campbell and other Veterans is never forgotten.

Reflecting on his first impressions of Germany as he passed through Cologne, William Campbell said: "there were no buildings because Cologne really had been hit hard. The cathedral still survived which was a bit blackened, but it was still there...But there you could get an idea of what might be ... still lying out there under the rubble and there was an awful lot of rubble."

Veteran William Campbell saw more than his fair share of the action. Serving as a private in the first battalion of the Black Watch and stationed out in Germany during the airlift, he assisted in what became one of the most successful military operations in history.