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.
•
He had earned his Luftwaffe Pilots Badge on 5 October 1938 and underwent further training at Fürstenfeldbruck, Schleißheim and Vienna-Aspern.
•
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.
Lippe | Earl of Egmont | Texte zur Kunst | Oberleutnant zur See | John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont | Simon VI, Count of Lippe | Prolegomena zur Geschichte Israels | Principality of Lippe | Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld | John Perceval, 3rd Earl of Egmont | Aschehoug (Egmont) | Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe | German cruiser Prinz Eugen | Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt | Birgit Prinz | Princess Ida of Schaumburg-Lippe | Otto, Count of Lippe-Brake | Free State of Lippe | Egmont National Park | Bernard V, Lord of Lippe | Anneke von der Lippe | Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht | Woldemar, Prince of Lippe | William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe | SS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm | SS ''Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm'' | Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold | Rami Zur | ''Prinz Eugen'' | Prinz |
His parents were Count Ludwig (1781–1860) and Countess Auguste (1795–1856) of Lippe-Weissenfeld.
: ∞ Count Ernst of Lippe-Weissenfeld (1870-1914) on 21 November 1911 in Büdingen; had issue.
Anna married firstly to Count Ernst of Lippe-Weissenfeld, sixth child and youngest son of Count Franz of Lippe-Weissenfeld and his wife Baroness Marie of Beschwitz, on 21 November 1911 at Schloss Büdingen in Büdingen.