Wolfgang Pickert Explained

Wolfgang Pickert
Birth Date:	3 February 1897
Allegiance:
Branch:	Prussian Army Reichsheer Army Luftwaffe
Serviceyears:	1914–45
Rank:	General der Flakartillerie
Commands:	9th Flak-Division III Flak Corps
Battles:	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]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 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 . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.

• Book: 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 . German . Norderstedt, Germany . Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall . 978-3-931533-45-8.
• Book: 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 . German . Jena, Germany . Scherzers Militaer-Verlag . 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Book: Thomas , Franz . 1998 . Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z . The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2300-9.

Notes and References

1. Book: Adam, Wilhelm . Otto . Ruhle . Tony Le Tissier . With Paulus at Stalingrad . Pen and Sword Books Ltd. . 2015 . 9781473833869 . 177.
2. Thomas 1998, p. 156.
3. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 351.
4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 276.
5. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 71.