page_title: Prince Eugen of Schaumburg-Lippe
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: Prince Eugen of Schaumburg-Lippe / Death
caption_attribution_description: English: Olga of Württemberg with her two sons
context_page_description: Prince Eugen of Schaumburg-Lippe full German name: Wilhelm Eugen Georg Friedrich August Albrecht zu Schaumburg-Lippe was a son of Prince Maximilian August Jaroslav Adalbert Hermann of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Olga Alexandra Marie of Württemberg. Prince Eugen was second pilot on a Luft Hansa air liner flying from Croydon to Amsterdam
context_section_description: 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 RAF Kenley 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 Berlin-Croydon-Amsterdam service for a full pilot's license.
caption: Olga of Württemberg with her sons: Prince Albrecht of Schaumburg-Lippe (right) and Prince Eugen of Schaumburg-Lippe (left).
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