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Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld

January 01, 1970

Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld[Note 1] (14 July 1918 – 12 March 1944) was a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace of royal descent during World War II. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.[1] Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was credited with 51 aerial victories, all of them claimed in nocturnal combat missions.[Note 2]

Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld
Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld
Nickname(s)Egi
Born(1918-07-14)14 July 1918
Salzburg, Austria-Hungary
Died12 March 1944(1944-03-12) (aged 25)
near St. Hubert, German-occupied Belgium
Buried
Ysselsteyn German war cemetery, Netherlands
Allegiance Federal State of Austria
 Nazi Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe
Years of service1936–1944
RankMajor (major)
UnitZG 76, NJG 1, NJG 2
Commands held5./NJG 2, I./NJG 3, III./NJG 1, NJG 5
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was born on 14 July 1918 in Salzburg, Austria and joined the infantry of the Austrian Bundesheer in 1936. He transferred to the emerging Luftwaffe, initially serving as a reconnaissance pilot in the Zerstörergeschwader 76 (ZG 76), before he transferred to the night fighter force. He claimed his first aerial victory on the night of 16 to 17 November 1940. By the end of March, he had accumulated 21 aerial victories for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 April 1942. He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves on 2 August 1943, for 45 aerial victories. He was promoted to Major and tasked with leading Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 (NJG 5) in January 1944, before he and his crew were killed in a flight accident on 12 March 1944.

Personal life edit

 
Schloss Alt-Wartenburg

Prince Egmont zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was born on 14 July 1918 in Salzburg, Austro-Hungarian Empire as a member of a cadet branch of the ruling House of Lippe. His father was Prince Alfred of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1881-1960) and his mother was born Countess Anna von Goëß (1895-1972). Egmont was the only son of four children. His sisters Carola, Sophie and Theodora were all younger than Egmont.[2] They lived in an old castle in Upper Austria called Alt Wartenburg, which the family inherited through his mother.[3] At birth he had a remote chance of succeeding to the throne of the Principality of Lippe, a small state within the German Empire. However, only months after his birth, Germany became a republic and all the German royal houses were forced to abdicate.

Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld in his younger years was very enthusiastic about the mountains and wildlife. From his fourteenth year he participated in hunting. At the same time he was also very much interested in music and sports and discovered his love for flying at the Gaisberg near Salzburg. Here he attended the glider flying school of the Austrian Aëro Club. He attended a basic flying course with the second air regiment in Graz and Wiener Neustadt even before he joined the military service.[4]

Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld never married or had children. In January 1941 he became acquainted with Hannelore Ide, nicknamed Idelein. She was a secretary for a Luftgau. The two shared a close relationship and spent as much time together as the war permitted, listening to music and sailing on the IJsselmeer until his death in 1944.[5]

Military service edit

Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld joined the Austrian Bundesheer in 1936 at the age of 18, initially serving in the infantry. In the aftermaths of the 1938 Anschluss, the incorporation of Austria into Greater Germany by Nazi Germany, he transferred to the German Luftwaffe and was promoted to Leutnant in 1939. He had earned his Luftwaffe Pilots Badge on 5 October 1938 and underwent further training at Fürstenfeldbruck, Schleißheim and Vienna-Aspern.[6] His Luftwaffe career started with the II. Gruppe (2nd group) of the Zerstörergeschwader 76 (ZG 76) before he was transferred to the night fighter wing Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1) on 4 August 1940.[Note 3] The unit was based at Gütersloh where he familiarised himself with the methods of the night fighters.[7]

Night fighter career edit

 
A map of part of the Kammhuber Line. The 'belt' and night fighter 'boxes' are shown.

Following the 1939 aerial Battle of the Heligoland Bight, Royal Air Force (RAF) attacks shifted to the cover of darkness, initiating the Defence of the Reich campaign.[8] By mid-1940, Generalmajor (Brigadier General) Josef Kammhuber had established a night air defense system dubbed the Kammhuber Line. It consisted of a series of control sectors equipped with radars and searchlights and an associated night fighter. Each sector named a Himmelbett (canopy bed) would direct the night fighter into visual range with target bombers. In 1941, the Luftwaffe started equipping night fighters with airborne radar such as the Lichtenstein radar. This airborne radar did not come into general use until early 1942.[9]

 
Nightly briefing at the group headquarter

By the summer of 1940, the first night fighters were transferred to Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was one of the pilots included in this small detachment. As early as 20 October 1940, he had taken over command of an independent night fighter commando at Schiphol and later at Bergen. On his first encounter with the Royal Air Force (RAF) bomber, in the night of 16 to 17 November 1940, he claimed a Vickers Wellington bomber from No. 115 Squadron RAF shot down at 02:05 hours.[10] His second victory was claimed on the night of 15 January 1941, when he shot down an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley N1521 of the Linton-on-Ouse based No. 58 Squadron RAF over the northern Netherlands, near the Dutch coast in the Zwanenwater at a nature reserve at Callantsoog.[11] He was wounded in action on 13 March 1941, while flying Bf 110 D-2 (Werknummer 3376 – factory number) of the 4./NJG 1 with his radio operator Josef Renette when he made an emergency landing at Bergen after their aircraft was hit by the defence fire, wounding them both.[12] Shortly after midnight on 10 April 1941, Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld claimed a No. 12 Squadron RAF Wellington over the IJsselmeer, raising NJG 1's victory score to 100. This achievement was celebrated at the Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam with General Kammhuber, Wolfgang Falck, Werner Streib, Helmut Lent and others attending.[13] On 30 June 1941 while flying Bf 110 C-4 (Werknummer 3273) on a practice intercept mission over North Holland, he collided with Bf 110 C-7 (Werknummer 2075) piloted by Leutnant Rudolf Schoenert of the 4./NJG 1 and crashed near Bergen aan Zee.[14] On 19 June 1941 he earned his first of four references in the daily Wehrmachtbericht, a daily bulletin from the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (High Command of the Armed Forces).[15] By end July 1941, his number of aerial victory claims stood at eleven.[16] Promoted to Oberleutnant he became Staffelkapitän of the 5th Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 (NJG 2—2nd Night Fighter Wing) on 1 November 1941.[17] By the end of 1941, he had claimed a total of 15 aerial victories.[18]

He was awarded the German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) on 25 January 1942 and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) on 16 April 1942 after he had shot down 4 RAF bombers in the night of 26 to 27 March 1942, his score standing at 21 aerial victories.[19] Promoted to Hauptmann, Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was made Gruppenkommandeur of the I. Gruppe (1st group) of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 (NJG 3—3rd Night Fighter Wing) on 15 October 1942,[7] where he claimed two further aerial victories.[20] He was transferred again, taking command of the III. Gruppe (3rd group) of NJG 1 on 11 June 1943.[17] One month later he claimed his 45th aerial victory for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub) on 2 August 1943.[19] The presentation was made by Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg, present-day Kętrzyn in Poland on 10/11 August. Five other Luftwaffe officers were presented with awards that day by Hitler, Hauptmann Heinrich Ehrler, Oberleutnant Joachim Kirschner, Hauptmann Manfred Meurer, Hauptmann Werner Schröer, Oberleutnant Theodor Weissenberger were also awarded the Oak Leaves, and Major Helmut Lent received the Swords to his Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.[21]

Wing commander and death edit

 
German War Cemetery Ysselsteyn - Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld

After a one-month hospital stay, Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was promoted to Major and made Geschwaderkommodore of Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 (NJG 5—5th Night Fighter Wing) on 20 February 1944.[22] He and his crew, Oberfeldwebel Josef Renette and Unteroffizier Kurt Röber, were killed in a flying accident on 12 March 1944 on a routine flight from Parchim to Athies-sous-Laon. Above Belgium, they seem to have encountered a bad weather zone with low clouds and a dense snowstorm and it was assumed that the aircraft hit the high Ardennes ground after being forced to fly lower because of ice forming on the wings.[23] The exact circumstances of this flight may never be known, the Bf 110 G-4 C9+CD (Werknummer 720 010—factory number) crashed into the Ardennes mountains near St. Hubert where the completely burned-out wreck was found the following day.[24] The funeral service was held in the city church of Linz on 15 March 1944.[25] Prinz Egmont zur Lippe-Weißenfeld and Prinz Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein are buried side by side at Ysselsteyn in the Netherlands.[26]

Summary of career edit

Aerial victory claims edit

According to Obermaier, Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was credited with 51 nocturnal aerial victories.[24] Foreman, Mathews and Parry, authors of Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939 – 1945, list 50 nocturnal victory claims, numerically ranging from 1 to 50. His 49th claim is numerically labeled as his 59th victory.[27] Mathews and Foreman also published Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, listing Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld with 47 claims, plus four further unconfirmed claims.[28]

Chronicle of aerial victories[29]
  This and the – (dash) indicates unconfirmed aerial victory claims for which Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld did not receive credit.
  This and the ? (question mark) indicates information discrepancies listed in Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939 – 1945 and in Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims.
Claim Date Time Type Location Serial No./Squadron No.
– 4. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 –
1 17 November 1940 02:05 Wellington[30] 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Medemblik
2 15 January 1941 22:46 Whitley[31] 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Petten Whitley N1521/No. 58 Squadron RAF[32]
3 10 April 1941 00:59 Wellington[33] south of Den Helder Wellington W5375/No. 12 Squadron RAF[34]
4 9 May 1941 02:48 Wellington[35] Anna Paulowna Wellington R1226/No. 214 Squadron RAF[36]
5 11 May 1941 00:20 Stirling[35] 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Medemblik Stirling N3654/No. 15 Squadron RAF[37]
6 13 June 1941 01:10 Whitley[38] 2 km (1.2 mi) north of Medemblik
7 19 June 1941 00:53 Wellington[39] west of Enkhuizen
8 23 June 1941 00:15 Wellington[39] Insinghuizen Wellington T2990/No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF[40]
9 14 July 1941 00:28 Wellington[41] south Medemblik Wellington R1502/No. 115 Squadron RAF[42]
10 25 July 1941 02:23 Wellington[16] 3 km (1.9 mi) southwest of Medemblik
11 26 July 1941 03:20 Whitley[16] 11 km (6.8 mi) west of De Kooy
– 5. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 –
12 8 November 1941 00:41 Whitley[43] east of Medemblik
13 8 November 1941 01:20 Wellington[43] west of Alkmaar
14 8 November 1941 23:03 Whitley[43] 18 km (11 mi) north of Alkmaar
15 27 December 1941 23:03 Whitley[18] 1.5 km (0.93 mi) southwest of Petten
16 24 February 1942 21:45 Hampden[44] north of Terschelling Hampden AT194/No. 144 Squadron RAF[45]
17 24 February 1942 22:02 Hampden[44] north of Terschelling
18 26 March 1942 22:27 Wellington[46] near De Kooy
19 26 March 1942 22:40 Manchester[46]
20 26 March 1942 22:55 Wellington[46] north of IJmuiden
21 26 March 1942 23:16 Wellington[46] near Edam
22 4 June 1942 00:50 Wellington[47] southeast of Vlieland
23 7 June 1942 01:47 Stirling[48] west of Terschelling
24 12 June 1942 03:08 Lancaster[49] north of Ameland
25 21 June 1942 01:43 Halifax[50] 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Groningen
26 21 June 1942 01:45 Wellington[50] 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Groningen
27 21 June 1942 01:56 Wellington[50] north of Ameland
28 26 June 1942 01:05 Wellington[51] Terschelling Wellington T2723/No. 20 Operational Training Unit RAF[52][53]
29 26 June 1942 01:52 Wellington[51] 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Vlieland Hudson AM794/No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF[54]
30 30 June 1942 03:08 Wellington[55] south of Ameland
31 3 July 1942 00:54 Hampden[55] south of Koudum Hampden AT248/No. 420 Squadron RCAF[56]
32 3 July 1942 01:09 Wellington[55] north of Urk
33 3 July 1942 03:05 Stirling[55]
34 20 July 1942 02:52 Halifax[57] north of Terschelling
35?[Note 4] 28 August 1942 01:50 Wellington[58] PQ 446, over sea
36 5 September 1942 03:39 Halifax[59] 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of Leeuwarden Halifax W1220/No. 103 Squadron RAF[60]
37 23 September 1942 23:36 Wellington[61] 60 km (37 mi) northwest of Vlieland
– Stab I. Gruppe of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 –
38 17 January 1943 22:13 Halifax[62] 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Leer
—?[Note 5] 21/22 January 1943
—
 Halifax north-northwest of Emden
39 14 May 1943 01:11 Halifax[63] 10 km (6.2 mi) north-northwest of Hengelo Lancaster ED543/No. 467 Squadron RAAF[64]
– Stab III. Gruppe of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 –
40 13 June 1943 01:22 Lancaster[65] 3 km (1.9 mi) northwest of Burgsteinfurt Halifax JB790/No. 408 (Goose) Squadron RCAF[66]
41 13 June 1943 01:34 Lancaster[65] 6 km (3.7 mi) north of Nienberg Halifax DK177/No. 76 Squadron RAF[67]
42 23 June 1943 02:47 Stirling[68] 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Markelo Stirling EF399/No. 75 Squadron RNZAF[69]
43?[Note 4] 23 June 1943 02:55 Stirling[68]
44 30 July 1943 01:40 Lancaster[70] Hägbluer Holz
45?[Note 4] 3 August 1943 02:26 Halifax[71] 20 km (12 mi) south of Stade
46 6 September 1943 00:36 Stirling[72] 7 km (4.3 mi) southeast of Hassloch Stirling EH931/No. 620 Squadron RAF[73]
47 29 September 1943 21:44 Halifax[74] 7 km (4.3 mi) south of Hengelo
48 29 September 1943 21:55 Halifax[74] 2 km (1.2 mi) northwest of Legden
49 16 December 1943 18:50 Lancaster[75] north of Ahlhorn Lancaster EE188/No. 9 Squadron RAF[76]
50 16 December 1943 19:00 Lancaster[75] northwest of Nordhorn Lancaster JB543/No. 7 Squadron RAF[77]

Awards edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Regarding personal names: Prinz was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Prince. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine form is Prinzessin.
  2. ^ For a list of Luftwaffe night fighter aces see List of German World War II night fighter aces
  3. ^ For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Organization of the Luftwaffe during World War II.
  4. ^ a b c According to Mathews and Foreman, this claim was unconfirmed.[29]
  5. ^ This unconfirmed claim is not listed by Foreman, Parry and Mathews.[62]

References edit

Citations edit

  1. ^ Spick 1996, pp. 3–4.
  2. ^ "Egmont, Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld : Genealogics".
  3. ^ Knott 2008, pp. 129, 199.
  4. ^ Knott 2008, p. 133.
  5. ^ Knott 2008, p. 169.
  6. ^ Knott 2008, pp. 134, 149.
  7. ^ a b Knott 2008, p. 168.
  8. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 9.
  9. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 27.
  10. ^ Knott 2008, p. 149.
  11. ^ Knott 2008, pp. 149, 152.
  12. ^ Knott 2008, p. 163.
  13. ^ Knott 2008, p. 152.
  14. ^ Knott 2008, pp. 155, 163.
  15. ^ Bowman 2016, p. 44.
  16. ^ a b c Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 26.
  17. ^ a b Knott 2008, p. 177.
  18. ^ a b Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 33.
  19. ^ a b Knott 2008, p. 179.
  20. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, pp. 65, 80.
  21. ^ Hinchliffe 2003, p. 204.
  22. ^ Aders 1978, p. 229.
  23. ^ Knott 2008, p. 195.
  24. ^ a b Obermaier 1989, p. 57.
  25. ^ Knott 2008, p. 201.
  26. ^ Knott 2008, p. 206.
  27. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, pp. 12–132.
  28. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 762–763.
  29. ^ a b Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 763.
  30. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 12.
  31. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 16.
  32. ^ Bowman 2016, p. 43.
  33. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 18.
  34. ^ Bowman 2016, p. 32.
  35. ^ a b Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 20.
  36. ^ Wellington R1226.
  37. ^ Stirling N3654.
  38. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 21.
  39. ^ a b Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 22.
  40. ^ Wellington T2990.
  41. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 25.
  42. ^ Wellington R1502.
  43. ^ a b c Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 32.
  44. ^ a b Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 34.
  45. ^ Hampden AT194.
  46. ^ a b c d Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 36.
  47. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 43.
  48. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 44.
  49. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 45.
  50. ^ a b c Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 46.
  51. ^ a b Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 47.
  52. ^ Bowman 2012, p. 252.
  53. ^ Bowman 2016, p. 86.
  54. ^ Hudson AM794.
  55. ^ a b c d Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 49.
  56. ^ Hampden AT248.
  57. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 50.
  58. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 56.
  59. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 57.
  60. ^ Halifax W1220.
  61. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 60.
  62. ^ a b Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 65.
  63. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 80.
  64. ^ Lancaster ED543.
  65. ^ a b Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 85.
  66. ^ Halifax JB790.
  67. ^ Halifax DK177.
  68. ^ a b Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 89.
  69. ^ Stirling EF399.
  70. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 99.
  71. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 100.
  72. ^ Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 111.
  73. ^ Stirling EH931.
  74. ^ a b Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 118.
  75. ^ a b Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 132.
  76. ^ Lancaster EE188.
  77. ^ Lancaster JB543.
  78. ^ a b Knott 2008, p. 200.
  79. ^ a b Thomas 1998, p. 31.
  80. ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 281.
  81. ^ a b Scherzer 2007, p. 510.
  82. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 293.
  83. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 70.

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Preceded by Commander of Nachtjagdgeschwader 5
20 February 1944 – 12 March 1944 		Succeeded by
Oberstleutnant Walter Borchers

January 01, 1970
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Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld Note 1 14 July 1918 12 March 1944 was a Luftwaffe night fighter flying ace of royal descent during World War II A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat 1 Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld was credited with 51 aerial victories all of them claimed in nocturnal combat missions Note 2 Egmont Prinz zur Lippe WeissenfeldEgmont Prinz zur Lippe WeissenfeldNickname s EgiBorn 1918 07 14 14 July 1918Salzburg Austria HungaryDied12 March 1944 1944 03 12 aged 25 near St Hubert German occupied BelgiumBuriedYsselsteyn German war cemetery NetherlandsAllegiance Federal State of Austria Nazi GermanyService wbr branch LuftwaffeYears of service1936 1944RankMajor major UnitZG 76 NJG 1 NJG 2Commands held5 NJG 2 I NJG 3 III NJG 1 NJG 5Battles warsWorld War II Defense of the Reich AwardsKnight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld was born on 14 July 1918 in Salzburg Austria and joined the infantry of the Austrian Bundesheer in 1936 He transferred to the emerging Luftwaffe initially serving as a reconnaissance pilot in the Zerstorergeschwader 76 ZG 76 before he transferred to the night fighter force He claimed his first aerial victory on the night of 16 to 17 November 1940 By the end of March he had accumulated 21 aerial victories for which he was awarded the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 April 1942 He received the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves on 2 August 1943 for 45 aerial victories He was promoted to Major and tasked with leading Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 NJG 5 in January 1944 before he and his crew were killed in a flight accident on 12 March 1944 Contents 1 Personal life 2 Military service 2 1 Night fighter career 2 2 Wing commander and death 3 Summary of career 3 1 Aerial victory claims 3 2 Awards 4 Notes 5 References 5 1 Citations 5 2 BibliographyPersonal life edit nbsp Schloss Alt Wartenburg Prince Egmont zur Lippe Weissenfeld was born on 14 July 1918 in Salzburg Austro Hungarian Empire as a member of a cadet branch of the ruling House of Lippe His father was Prince Alfred of Lippe Weissenfeld 1881 1960 and his mother was born Countess Anna von Goess 1895 1972 Egmont was the only son of four children His sisters Carola Sophie and Theodora were all younger than Egmont 2 They lived in an old castle in Upper Austria called Alt Wartenburg which the family inherited through his mother 3 At birth he had a remote chance of succeeding to the throne of the Principality of Lippe a small state within the German Empire However only months after his birth Germany became a republic and all the German royal houses were forced to abdicate Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld in his younger years was very enthusiastic about the mountains and wildlife From his fourteenth year he participated in hunting At the same time he was also very much interested in music and sports and discovered his love for flying at the Gaisberg near Salzburg Here he attended the glider flying school of the Austrian Aero Club He attended a basic flying course with the second air regiment in Graz and Wiener Neustadt even before he joined the military service 4 Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld never married or had children In January 1941 he became acquainted with Hannelore Ide nicknamed Idelein She was a secretary for a Luftgau The two shared a close relationship and spent as much time together as the war permitted listening to music and sailing on the IJsselmeer until his death in 1944 5 Military service editPrinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld joined the Austrian Bundesheer in 1936 at the age of 18 initially serving in the infantry In the aftermaths of the 1938 Anschluss the incorporation of Austria into Greater Germany by Nazi Germany he transferred to the German Luftwaffe and was promoted to Leutnant in 1939 He had earned his Luftwaffe Pilots Badge on 5 October 1938 and underwent further training at Furstenfeldbruck Schleissheim and Vienna Aspern 6 His Luftwaffe career started with the II Gruppe 2nd group of the Zerstorergeschwader 76 ZG 76 before he was transferred to the night fighter wing Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 NJG 1 on 4 August 1940 Note 3 The unit was based at Gutersloh where he familiarised himself with the methods of the night fighters 7 Night fighter career edit nbsp A map of part of the Kammhuber Line The belt and night fighter boxes are shown Following the 1939 aerial Battle of the Heligoland Bight Royal Air Force RAF attacks shifted to the cover of darkness initiating the Defence of the Reich campaign 8 By mid 1940 Generalmajor Brigadier General Josef Kammhuber had established a night air defense system dubbed the Kammhuber Line It consisted of a series of control sectors equipped with radars and searchlights and an associated night fighter Each sector named a Himmelbett canopy bed would direct the night fighter into visual range with target bombers In 1941 the Luftwaffe started equipping night fighters with airborne radar such as the Lichtenstein radar This airborne radar did not come into general use until early 1942 9 nbsp Nightly briefing at the group headquarter By the summer of 1940 the first night fighters were transferred to Leeuwarden in the Netherlands Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld was one of the pilots included in this small detachment As early as 20 October 1940 he had taken over command of an independent night fighter commando at Schiphol and later at Bergen On his first encounter with the Royal Air Force RAF bomber in the night of 16 to 17 November 1940 he claimed a Vickers Wellington bomber from No 115 Squadron RAF shot down at 02 05 hours 10 His second victory was claimed on the night of 15 January 1941 when he shot down an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley N1521 of the Linton on Ouse based No 58 Squadron RAF over the northern Netherlands near the Dutch coast in the Zwanenwater at a nature reserve at Callantsoog 11 He was wounded in action on 13 March 1941 while flying Bf 110 D 2 Werknummer 3376 factory number of the 4 NJG 1 with his radio operator Josef Renette when he made an emergency landing at Bergen after their aircraft was hit by the defence fire wounding them both 12 Shortly after midnight on 10 April 1941 Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld claimed a No 12 Squadron RAF Wellington over the IJsselmeer raising NJG 1 s victory score to 100 This achievement was celebrated at the Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam with General Kammhuber Wolfgang Falck Werner Streib Helmut Lent and others attending 13 On 30 June 1941 while flying Bf 110 C 4 Werknummer 3273 on a practice intercept mission over North Holland he collided with Bf 110 C 7 Werknummer 2075 piloted by Leutnant Rudolf Schoenert of the 4 NJG 1 and crashed near Bergen aan Zee 14 On 19 June 1941 he earned his first of four references in the daily Wehrmachtbericht a daily bulletin from the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht High Command of the Armed Forces 15 By end July 1941 his number of aerial victory claims stood at eleven 16 Promoted to Oberleutnant he became Staffelkapitan of the 5th Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 NJG 2 2nd Night Fighter Wing on 1 November 1941 17 By the end of 1941 he had claimed a total of 15 aerial victories 18 He was awarded the German Cross in Gold Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 25 January 1942 and the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 16 April 1942 after he had shot down 4 RAF bombers in the night of 26 to 27 March 1942 his score standing at 21 aerial victories 19 Promoted to Hauptmann Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld was made Gruppenkommandeur of the I Gruppe 1st group of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 NJG 3 3rd Night Fighter Wing on 15 October 1942 7 where he claimed two further aerial victories 20 He was transferred again taking command of the III Gruppe 3rd group of NJG 1 on 11 June 1943 17 One month later he claimed his 45th aerial victory for which he was awarded the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub on 2 August 1943 19 The presentation was made by Adolf Hitler at the Wolf s Lair Hitler s headquarters in Rastenburg present day Ketrzyn in Poland on 10 11 August Five other Luftwaffe officers were presented with awards that day by Hitler Hauptmann Heinrich Ehrler Oberleutnant Joachim Kirschner Hauptmann Manfred Meurer Hauptmann Werner Schroer Oberleutnant Theodor Weissenberger were also awarded the Oak Leaves and Major Helmut Lent received the Swords to his Knight s Cross with Oak Leaves 21 Wing commander and death edit nbsp German War Cemetery Ysselsteyn Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld After a one month hospital stay Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld was promoted to Major and made Geschwaderkommodore of Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 NJG 5 5th Night Fighter Wing on 20 February 1944 22 He and his crew Oberfeldwebel Josef Renette and Unteroffizier Kurt Rober were killed in a flying accident on 12 March 1944 on a routine flight from Parchim to Athies sous Laon Above Belgium they seem to have encountered a bad weather zone with low clouds and a dense snowstorm and it was assumed that the aircraft hit the high Ardennes ground after being forced to fly lower because of ice forming on the wings 23 The exact circumstances of this flight may never be known the Bf 110 G 4 C9 CD Werknummer 720 010 factory number crashed into the Ardennes mountains near St Hubert where the completely burned out wreck was found the following day 24 The funeral service was held in the city church of Linz on 15 March 1944 25 Prinz Egmont zur Lippe Weissenfeld and Prinz Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn Wittgenstein are buried side by side at Ysselsteyn in the Netherlands 26 Summary of career editAerial victory claims edit According to Obermaier Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld was credited with 51 nocturnal aerial victories 24 Foreman Mathews and Parry authors of Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939 1945 list 50 nocturnal victory claims numerically ranging from 1 to 50 His 49th claim is numerically labeled as his 59th victory 27 Mathews and Foreman also published Luftwaffe Aces Biographies and Victory Claims listing Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld with 47 claims plus four further unconfirmed claims 28 Chronicle of aerial victories 29 This and the dash indicates unconfirmed aerial victory claims for which Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld did not receive credit This and the question mark indicates information discrepancies listed in Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939 1945 and in Luftwaffe Aces Biographies and Victory Claims Claim Date Time Type Location Serial No Squadron No 4 Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 1 17 November 1940 02 05 Wellington 30 10 km 6 2 mi west of Medemblik 2 15 January 1941 22 46 Whitley 31 5 km 3 1 mi north of Petten Whitley N1521 No 58 Squadron RAF 32 3 10 April 1941 00 59 Wellington 33 south of Den Helder Wellington W5375 No 12 Squadron RAF 34 4 9 May 1941 02 48 Wellington 35 Anna Paulowna Wellington R1226 No 214 Squadron RAF 36 5 11 May 1941 00 20 Stirling 35 10 km 6 2 mi southwest of Medemblik Stirling N3654 No 15 Squadron RAF 37 6 13 June 1941 01 10 Whitley 38 2 km 1 2 mi north of Medemblik 7 19 June 1941 00 53 Wellington 39 west of Enkhuizen 8 23 June 1941 00 15 Wellington 39 Insinghuizen Wellington T2990 No 311 Czechoslovak Squadron RAF 40 9 14 July 1941 00 28 Wellington 41 south Medemblik Wellington R1502 No 115 Squadron RAF 42 10 25 July 1941 02 23 Wellington 16 3 km 1 9 mi southwest of Medemblik 11 26 July 1941 03 20 Whitley 16 11 km 6 8 mi west of De Kooy 5 Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 12 8 November 1941 00 41 Whitley 43 east of Medemblik 13 8 November 1941 01 20 Wellington 43 west of Alkmaar 14 8 November 1941 23 03 Whitley 43 18 km 11 mi north of Alkmaar 15 27 December 1941 23 03 Whitley 18 1 5 km 0 93 mi southwest of Petten 16 24 February 1942 21 45 Hampden 44 north of Terschelling Hampden AT194 No 144 Squadron RAF 45 17 24 February 1942 22 02 Hampden 44 north of Terschelling 18 26 March 1942 22 27 Wellington 46 near De Kooy 19 26 March 1942 22 40 Manchester 46 20 26 March 1942 22 55 Wellington 46 north of IJmuiden 21 26 March 1942 23 16 Wellington 46 near Edam 22 4 June 1942 00 50 Wellington 47 southeast of Vlieland 23 7 June 1942 01 47 Stirling 48 west of Terschelling 24 12 June 1942 03 08 Lancaster 49 north of Ameland 25 21 June 1942 01 43 Halifax 50 25 km 16 mi northwest of Groningen 26 21 June 1942 01 45 Wellington 50 20 km 12 mi northwest of Groningen 27 21 June 1942 01 56 Wellington 50 north of Ameland 28 26 June 1942 01 05 Wellington 51 Terschelling Wellington T2723 No 20 Operational Training Unit RAF 52 53 29 26 June 1942 01 52 Wellington 51 10 km 6 2 mi north of Vlieland Hudson AM794 No 1 Coastal Operational Training Unit RAF 54 30 30 June 1942 03 08 Wellington 55 south of Ameland 31 3 July 1942 00 54 Hampden 55 south of Koudum Hampden AT248 No 420 Squadron RCAF 56 32 3 July 1942 01 09 Wellington 55 north of Urk 33 3 July 1942 03 05 Stirling 55 34 20 July 1942 02 52 Halifax 57 north of Terschelling 35 Note 4 28 August 1942 01 50 Wellington 58 PQ 446 over sea 36 5 September 1942 03 39 Halifax 59 5 km 3 1 mi southwest of Leeuwarden Halifax W1220 No 103 Squadron RAF 60 37 23 September 1942 23 36 Wellington 61 60 km 37 mi northwest of Vlieland Stab I Gruppe of Nachtjagdgeschwader 3 38 17 January 1943 22 13 Halifax 62 5 km 3 1 mi north of Leer Note 5 21 22 January 1943 Halifax north northwest of Emden 39 14 May 1943 01 11 Halifax 63 10 km 6 2 mi north northwest of Hengelo Lancaster ED543 No 467 Squadron RAAF 64 Stab III Gruppe of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 40 13 June 1943 01 22 Lancaster 65 3 km 1 9 mi northwest of Burgsteinfurt Halifax JB790 No 408 Goose Squadron RCAF 66 41 13 June 1943 01 34 Lancaster 65 6 km 3 7 mi north of Nienberg Halifax DK177 No 76 Squadron RAF 67 42 23 June 1943 02 47 Stirling 68 2 km 1 2 mi south of Markelo Stirling EF399 No 75 Squadron RNZAF 69 43 Note 4 23 June 1943 02 55 Stirling 68 44 30 July 1943 01 40 Lancaster 70 Hagbluer Holz 45 Note 4 3 August 1943 02 26 Halifax 71 20 km 12 mi south of Stade 46 6 September 1943 00 36 Stirling 72 7 km 4 3 mi southeast of Hassloch Stirling EH931 No 620 Squadron RAF 73 47 29 September 1943 21 44 Halifax 74 7 km 4 3 mi south of Hengelo 48 29 September 1943 21 55 Halifax 74 2 km 1 2 mi northwest of Legden 49 16 December 1943 18 50 Lancaster 75 north of Ahlhorn Lancaster EE188 No 9 Squadron RAF 76 50 16 December 1943 19 00 Lancaster 75 northwest of Nordhorn Lancaster JB543 No 7 Squadron RAF 77 Awards edit Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold 78 Iron Cross 1939 2nd Class 17 December 1940 79 1st Class 17 January 1941 79 Wound Badge in Black 78 German Cross in Gold on 25 January 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 5 Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 80 Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight s Cross on 16 April 1942 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitan of the 5 Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 81 82 263rd Oak Leaves on 2 August 1943 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the III Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 81 83 Notes edit Regarding personal names Prinz was a title before 1919 but now is regarded as part of the surname It is translated as Prince Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class titles preceded the full name when given Graf Helmuth James von Moltke Since 1919 these titles along with any nobiliary prefix von zu etc can be used but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname and thus come after any given names Helmuth James Graf von Moltke Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting The feminine form is Prinzessin For a list of Luftwaffe night fighter aces see List of German World War II night fighter aces For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Organization of the Luftwaffe during World War II a b c According to Mathews and Foreman this claim was unconfirmed 29 This unconfirmed claim is not listed by Foreman Parry and Mathews 62 References editCitations edit Spick 1996 pp 3 4 Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld Genealogics Knott 2008 pp 129 199 Knott 2008 p 133 Knott 2008 p 169 Knott 2008 pp 134 149 a b Knott 2008 p 168 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 9 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 27 Knott 2008 p 149 Knott 2008 pp 149 152 Knott 2008 p 163 Knott 2008 p 152 Knott 2008 pp 155 163 Bowman 2016 p 44 a b c Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 26 a b Knott 2008 p 177 a b Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 33 a b Knott 2008 p 179 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 pp 65 80 Hinchliffe 2003 p 204 Aders 1978 p 229 Knott 2008 p 195 a b Obermaier 1989 p 57 Knott 2008 p 201 Knott 2008 p 206 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 pp 12 132 Mathews amp Foreman 2015 pp 762 763 a b Mathews amp Foreman 2015 p 763 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 12 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 16 Bowman 2016 p 43 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 18 Bowman 2016 p 32 a b Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 20 Wellington R1226 Stirling N3654 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 21 a b Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 22 Wellington T2990 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 25 Wellington R1502 a b c Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 32 a b Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 34 Hampden AT194 a b c d Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 36 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 43 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 44 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 45 a b c Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 46 a b Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 47 Bowman 2012 p 252 Bowman 2016 p 86 Hudson AM794 a b c d Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 49 Hampden AT248 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 50 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 56 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 57 Halifax W1220 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 60 a b Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 65 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 80 Lancaster ED543 a b Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 85 Halifax JB790 Halifax DK177 a b Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 89 Stirling EF399 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 99 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 100 Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 111 Stirling EH931 a b Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 118 a b Foreman Parry amp Mathews 2004 p 132 Lancaster EE188 Lancaster JB543 a b Knott 2008 p 200 a b Thomas 1998 p 31 Patzwall amp Scherzer 2001 p 281 a b Scherzer 2007 p 510 Fellgiebel 2000 p 293 Fellgiebel 2000 p 70 Bibliography edit Aders Gebhard 1978 History of the German Night Fighter Force 1917 1945 London Janes ISBN 978 0 354 01247 8 Bowman Martin 2012 Bomber Command Reflections of War Live to Die Another Day June 1942 Summer 1943 Bransley South Yorkshire Pen and Sword Aviation ISBN 978 1 84884 493 3 Bowman Martin 2016 Nachtjagd Defenders of the Reich 1940 1943 Barnsley South Yorkshire Pen and Sword Aviation ISBN 978 1 4738 4984 6 Fellgiebel Walther Peer in German 2000 1986 Die Trager des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 1945 Die Inhaber der hochsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile The Bearers of the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 1945 The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches in German Friedberg Germany Podzun Pallas ISBN 978 3 7909 0284 6 Foreman John Parry Simon Mathews Johannes 2004 Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939 1945 Walton on Thames Red Kite ISBN 978 0 9538061 4 0 Hinchliffe Peter 1998 Luftkrieg bei Nacht 1939 1945 Air War at Night 1939 1945 in German Stuttgart Germany Motorbuch Verlag ISBN 978 3 613 01861 7 Hinchliffe Peter 2003 The Lent Papers Helmut Lent Bristol UK Cerberus Publishing ISBN 978 1 84145 105 3 Knott Claire Rose 2008 Princes of Darkness The lives of Luftwaffe night fighter aces Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn Wittgenstein and Egmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld Hersham Surrey Ian Allan Publishing ISBN 978 1 903223 95 6 Mathews Andrew Johannes Foreman John 2015 Luftwaffe Aces Biographies and Victory Claims Volume 2 G L Walton on Thames Red Kite ISBN 978 1 906592 19 6 Obermaier Ernst 1989 Die Ritterkreuztrager der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 1945 The Knight s Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force 1939 1945 in German Mainz Germany Verlag Dieter Hoffmann ISBN 978 3 87341 065 7 Patzwall Klaus D Scherzer Veit 2001 Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II The German Cross 1941 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 in German Norderstedt Germany Verlag Klaus D Patzwall ISBN 978 3 931533 45 8 Scherzer Veit 2007 Die Ritterkreuztrager 1939 1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer Luftwaffe Kriegsmarine Waffen SS Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbundeter Streitkrafte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives The Knight s Cross Bearers 1939 1945 The Holders of the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army Air Force Navy Waffen SS Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives in German Jena Germany Scherzers Miltaer Verlag ISBN 978 3 938845 17 2 Scutts Jerry 1998 German Night Fighter Aces of World War 2 Aircraft of the Aces Vol 20 Oxford Osprey Publishing ISBN 978 1 85532 696 5 Spick Mike 1996 Luftwaffe Fighter Aces New York Ivy Books ISBN 978 0 8041 1696 1 Thomas Franz 1998 Die Eichenlaubtrager 1939 1945 Band 2 L Z The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939 1945 Volume 2 L Z in German Osnabruck Germany Biblio Verlag ISBN 978 3 7648 2300 9 Accident description for Halifax DK177 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 24 April 2020 Accident description for Halifax JB790 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 24 April 2020 Accident description for Halifax W1220 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 25 February 2023 Accident description for Hampden AT194 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 24 April 2020 Accident description for Hampden AT248 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 24 April 2020 Accident description for Hudson AM794 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 24 April 2020 Accident description for Stirling EF399 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 24 April 2020 Accident description for Stirling EH931 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 24 April 2020 Accident description for Stirling N3654 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 25 February 2023 Accident description for Lancaster ED543 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 24 April 2020 Accident description for Lancaster EE188 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 24 April 2020 Accident description for Lancaster JB543 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 24 April 2020 Accident description for Wellington R1226 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 24 April 2020 Accident description for Wellington R1502 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 24 April 2020 Accident description for Wellington T2990 at the Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 24 April 2020 Military offices Preceded byOberst Gunther Radusch Commander of Nachtjagdgeschwader 520 February 1944 12 March 1944 Succeeded byOberstleutnant Walter Borchers Portals nbsp Austria nbsp Aviation nbsp BiographyEgmont Prinz zur Lippe Weissenfeld at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Media from Commons Retrieved from https en 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