Wolfgang Pickert


Wolfgang Friedrich Wilhelm Siegfried Pickert 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.
On 22/23 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 his men in Stalingrad but was disallowed from doing so.
After the war, having been a British POW until 5 January 1948, General Pickert contributed to historical analyses, including eyewitness accounts of the Stalingrad airlift published in military journals. He also wrote three books between 1942 and 1955.

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