Home | Veterans | Bill Cameron
bill-cameron

A veteran interview with

Bill Cameron

Video Coming Soon

Bringing military history to life

Help us tell this veteran's story!

About Bill Cameron

Credits



Copyright:
All video content, web site design, graphics, images (including submitted content), text, the selection and arrangement thereof, underlying source code, software and all other material on this Web site are the copyright of Legasee Educational Trust, and its affiliates, or their content and technology providers. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Any use of materials on this Web site – including reproduction for purposes other than those noted above, modification, distribution, or republication – without the prior written permission of Legasee Educational Trust is strictly prohibited.

Home | Veterans | Bill Cameron

A veteran interview with

Bill Cameron

bill-cameron

Related topics & talking points

Keep on watching

More veteran stories...

Share this interview on:

https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/bill-cameron/

Cite this interview:

MLA Style:
Cameron, Bill. A Veteran Interview with Bill Cameron. Interview by Unknown. Legasee, n.d. https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/bill-cameron/. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
APA Style:
Cameron, B. (n.d.). A Veteran Interview with Bill Cameron [Interview by Unknown]. Legasee. Retrieved May 23, 2025, from https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/bill-cameron/
Chicago Style:
Cameron, Bill. n.d.. A Veteran Interview with Bill Cameron. Interview by Unknown. Legasee. Accessed May 23, 2025. https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/bill-cameron/
Harvard Style:
Cameron, B. (n.d.). A Veteran Interview with Bill Cameron. [Interviewed by Unknown]. Legasee. Available at https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/bill-cameron/ (Accessed: 23 May 2025)
Vancouver Style:
Cameron, B. A Veteran Interview with Bill Cameron [Internet]. Interview by Unknown. Legasee; n.d. [cited 2025 May 23]. Available from: https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/bill-cameron/
An interview with

Hugh Verity

Hugh Verity, an RAF and squadron pilot working with the SOE to carry out missions to France

Hugh Verity, an RAF fighter pilot and later a squadron pilot worked with the Special Operations Executive (SOE), carrying out missions to France. Flying the Westland Lysander, he completed 24 successful operations and 5 more in the Lockheed Hudson. Hugh’s work was vital to the war effort, involving the secret transportation of agents into France and back to the UK. When asked about memorable experiences, Hugh explained he made it his business to not make any. He recalls harrowing stories of his predecessors, one ambushed on the ground in Belgium. But while German forces remained the obvious threat, Hugh tells us that his greatest adversaries as a pilot were fog and mud. The elements made landing on fields extremely difficult and dangerous. Some pilots had no choice to leave their aircraft’s which had sank into the ground. Hugh does recall one significantly tumultuous journey due to fog. Hugh proudly covers his time in the war, talking of the ability of the Lysander, weather challenges, and meeting secret agents he had previously piloted during the war. Hugh’s story captures the intense, clandestine work of RAF pilots working to insert and extract agents in France. For his military efforts Hugh was recognised and decorated for gallantry five times.
Photo Gallery icon 1 Photo
Service:
Interviewed by:
Martyn Cox
An interview with

Ken Plowman

From boy to Man: the Aircraft-Obsessive RAF First pilot whose service in WWII will forever live on

Aircraft-obsessive Ken Plowman grew up painting models and flying rubber motored planes across his hometown before deciding to join the Royal Observers Corps at just 16. One year later, he joined the RAF where he trained and served as a First Pilot in the Glider Pilot Regiment during WWII. In this interview, Ken recalls the important moments in his 20 year Flight Lieutenant career, particularly the highlight of his service in Operation Varsity in 1945. Ken was a quick learner and was allowed to fly solo after only 6 hours of Tiger Moth flights. As well as training as a firefighter and a train driver whilst on camp, he became an eager fan of aerobatics. Sadly, a lot of these his comrades lost their lives due to the danger of the job, especially during Operation Varsity as Ken flew to the mission with 440 other gliders and 6000 paratroopers. He considers himself lucky to still be alive as memories of close encounters with Germans, jumping out to avoid crash landings and faulty prop blades fill his memory even to this day. His service to WWII is greatly acknowledged in this interview.
Service:
Interviewed by:
Martin Bisiker
An interview with

Bob Frost

Shot down over occupied Belgium and aided by members of the Comète Line

Bob Frost was born in Camden, London in 1923. He joined the RAF and flew Wellington Bombers with 150 Squadron. On the 16th September 1942, he was shot down over occupied Belgium and aided by members of the Comète Line he managed to make it back to Britain  via France, Spain and Gibraltar. We hear about the day his Wellington bomber crashed into a field in Belgium and how he was lucky to survive the landing. He recalls the moments after the crash, as well as how the rest of the crew fared and what they had in their escape kit. Bob then details their first contact with a Flemish family who helped keep them hidden. There followed a true boys own story of escape to Brussels and then by train through France via Paris where he had a close call with a uniformed officer. From St Jean de Luz he's taken to the French side of the Pyrenees for a climb over the mountains to relative safety with with a route home from Gibraltar. He speaks about Andrée de Jongh, also known as Dédée, a remarkably brave woman who escorted 118 airmen over the Pyrenees. Bob reflects on his time as an evader and his continued involvement with the Escape Lines Memorial Society. He's the first to acknowledge that he survived thanks to a few very brave people, to whom he and we owe immense gratitude. Bob passed away on the 18th March, 2019.
Service:
Interviewed by:
Martyn Cox