Prince Eugen of Schaumburg-Lippe full German name: Wilhelm Eugen Georg Friedrich August Albrecht zu Schaumburg-Lippe (8 August 1899, in Hannover, Germany – 7 November 1929, in Caterham, Surrey) 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[1] His father, Prince Maximilian of Schaumburg-Lippe, son of Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Bathildis of Anhalt-Dessau, married Princess Olga of Württemberg on 3 November 1898 at Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg.

Prince Albrecht married on 2 September 1930 Baroness Walburga von Hirschberg.

The plane crashed in Foster Down near Caterham probably due to dense fog and low clouds and the pilot misjudging the height of trees.

Personnel from RAF Kenley assisted the local police in collecting the remains of the deceased and transporting them to a mortuary in Caterham.