Prince Philip meets the pilot he helped save during World War II
7th November 2013
The Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince Harry visited the Field of Remembrance outside Westminster Abbey today.
In January 1945, the Duke of Edinburgh was First Lieutenant of HMS Whelp. That same year, Petty Officer (Airman) Norman Richardson was flying off HMS Victorious with the 849th Naval Air Squadron. Shot down by a Japanese Zero Fighter, Richardson was plucked out of the Coast of Sumatra in the…