Wolfgang Pickert

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{{Infobox military person

|name=Wolfgang Pickert

|birth_date=3 February 1897

|death_date={{death date and age|1984|7|19|1897|2|3|df=y}}

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|allegiance={{flag|German Empire}}
{{flag|Weimar Republic}}
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch=Prussian Army
Reichsheer
Army
Luftwaffe

|serviceyears=1914–1945

|rank= General der Flakartillerie

|commands=9th Flak-Division
III Flak Corps

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|battles=World War I

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World War II

Battle of Stalingrad

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

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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, at the time commanding the 9th Flak Division, was flown out of the Stalingrad encirclement avoiding capture; he attempted to return to Stalingrad but was disallowed from doing so. {{Cite book |last=Adam |first=Wilhelm |first2=Otto |last2=Ruhle |translator=Tony Le Tissier |title=With Paulus at Stalingrad |publisher=Pen and Sword Books Ltd. |year=2015 |ISBN=9781473833869 |page=177}}

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (2 November 1916) & 1st Class (13 April 1918)Thomas 1998, p. 156.
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (1939) & 1st Class (1940)
Anti-Aircraft Flak Battle Badge (19 August 1942)
German Cross in Gold on 7 December 1942 as Generalmajor in the 9. Flak-DivisionPatzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 351.
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.)Fellgiebel 2000, p. 276.
489th Oak Leaves on 5 June 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of III. Flak-KorpsFellgiebel 2000, p. 71.

References

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{{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel

|first=Walther-Peer

|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

|year=2000

|origyear=1986

|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

|trans-title=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

|language=German

|location=Friedberg, Germany

|publisher=Podzun-Pallas

|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

}}

{{Cite book

|last1=Patzwall

|first1=Klaus D.

|last2=Scherzer

|first2=Veit

|year=2001

|title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II

|trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2

|language=German

|location=Norderstedt, Germany

|publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall

|isbn=978-3-931533-45-8

}}

{{Cite book

|last=Scherzer

|first=Veit

|year=2007

|title=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

|trans-title=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

|language=German

|location=Jena, Germany

|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag

|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2

}}