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name: ''Wilhelm Eugen Georg Friedrich August Albrecht zu Schaumburg-Lippe'' (8 August 1899, in

– 7 November 1929, in Caterham,

) was a son of Prince Maximilian August Jaroslav Adalbert Hermann of Schaumburg-Lippe (1871–1904) and Princess Olga Alexandra Marie of Württemberg (1876–1932). Prince Eugen was second pilot (german: Zweiter Führer) on a Luft Hansa (forerunner to the legally separate Lufthansa) air liner flying from Croydon to Amsterdam

Family

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, Baden-Württemberg.Willis, ''The Romanovs in the 21st Century, p. 162 Prince Eugen was born 8 August 1899. He had two brothers: Prince Albrecht of Schaumburg-Lippe and Prince Bernhard of Schaumburg-Lippe. Prince Albrecht married on 2 September 1930 Baroness Walburga von Hirschberg. They had no children. He had a daughter with Baroness Marie-Gabriele von Pfetten-Arnbach. Prince Bernhard died in childhood.

Death

On 6 November 1929 he was flying in a Luft Hansa Junkers G 31 which was carrying four crew and four passengers. The plane crashed in Foster Down near Caterham probably due to dense fog and low clouds and the pilot misjudging the height of trees. Three of the crew and three of the passengers were burnt to death at the scene. Prince Eugen of Schaumburg-Lippe also escaped from the wreckage, but he was seriously injured. Kidston raised the alarm and reported the accident to Croydon Airport. He was treated at Caterham Cottage Hospital. The fire was eventually extinguished by firemen from Caterham. Personnel from

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assisted the local police in collecting the remains of the deceased and transporting them to a mortuary in Caterham. Zu Schaumburg-Lippe died the day after the accident from injuries sustained in the crash. This was the prince's first air accident, "although he had risked his life scores of times." He is a stunt flyer "by inclination," and only two-weeks ago he "performed hair-raising stunts" over Berlin's Tempelhof Air Field, where he swung from a trapeze hanging from a flying airplane. He was working on his qualifications for the

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service for a full pilot's license.

References

Bibliography

* Daniel Willis. ''The Romanovs in the 21st Century: a genealogical Biography'', VDM Verlag Dr. Müller 2009. * ''Six are killed in plane crash'': The Pittsburgh Press. Wednesday, 6 November 1929 * ''The Air Liner Disaster'': The Times (London). Saturday, 9 November 1929 * ''Centenary of Western Australia, German Air Liner Disaster'': The Times (London). Thursday, 7 November 1929

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