Wolfgang Pickert

Wolfgang Pickert
Wolfgang Pickert
Born	3 February 1897
Died	19 July 1984 (aged 87)
Allegiance	German Empire; Weimar Republic; Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Prussian Army; Reichsheer; Army; Luftwaffe
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	General der Flakartillerie
Commands held	9th Flak-Division; III Flak Corps
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Battle of Stalingrad;
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Wolfgang Pickert (3 February 1897 – 19 July 1984) was a general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the III Flak Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

In January 1943, Pickert, as commander of the 9th Flak Division, flew out of the Stalingrad encirclement avoiding capture.[1]

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (2 November 1916) & 1st Class (13 April 1918)[2]
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (1939) & 1st Class (1940)[2]
Anti-Aircraft Flak Battle Badge (19 August 1942)
German Cross in Gold on 7 December 1942 as Generalmajor in the 9. Flak-Division[3]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 11 January 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of 9. Flak-Division (mot.)[4]
- 489th Oak Leaves on 5 June 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of III. Flak-Korps[5]

Adam, Wilhelm; Ruhle, Otto (2015). With Paulus at Stalingrad. Translated by Tony Le Tissier. Pen and Sword Books Ltd. p. 177. ISBN 9781473833869.
Thomas 1998, p. 156.
Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 351.
Fellgiebel 2000, p. 276.
Fellgiebel 2000, p. 71.

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten 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.
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 Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte 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 Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.

Military offices
Preceded by General der Flakartillerie Otto-Wilhelm von Renz	Commander of 9th Flak-Division 25 June 1942 - May 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Adolf Pirmann
Preceded by Generalleutnant Johannes Hintz	Commander of III. Flakkorps 14 May 1944 - 20 July 1944	Succeeded by Oberst Werner von Kistowski
Preceded by Oberst Werner von Kistowski	Commander of III. Flakkorps 2 August 1944 - 20 March 1945	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Heino von Rantzau

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