German General Officers who flew out of the encirclement at Stalingrad.

German General Officers who flew out of the encirclement at Stalingrad.

Jaenecke	Erwin	Generaloberst	Kommandierender General des IV.Armee-Korps
Hube	Hans Valentin	Generaloberst	Kommandierender General des XIV.Panzer-Korps
Schwerin, Graf von	Richard	Generalleutnant	Kommandeur der 79.Infanterie Division
Pfeiffer, Dr.	Georg	General der Artillerie	Kommandeur der 94.Infanterie Division
Steinmetz	Bernhard	Generalmajor	Kommandeur der 305.Infanterie Division
Gablenz, Freiherr von	Eccard	Generalleutnant	Kommandeur der 384.Infanterie Division
Pickert	Wolfgang	General der Flakartillerie	Kommandeur der 9.Flak Division
Smend, Dr	Heinrich	Generalarzt	Generalartz des XIV.Panzer-Korps

Jaenecke

Erwin

flew out on 21 January 1943 ordered to or (fake) wounded? discussion topic.

1

2

Hube

2

Hans Valentin

flew out 19 January 1943 - ordered to

1

Schwerin, Graf von

2

Richard

flew out during the evening of 8 January 1943 - ordered to

2a

Pfeiffer, Dr.

2

Georg

flew out 11 December 1942 - ordered to

2a

Steinmetz

2

Bernhard

flew out during the night of 8 to 9 January 1943 - wounded

2a

Gablenz, Freiherr von

2

Eccard

flew out 09 January 1942 - ordered to

2a

Pickert

2

Wolfgang

flew out 12 January 1943 - act of cowardness? discussion topic

2

2

Smend, Dr

Heinrich

flew out 18 December 1942 - end military service

2

1 = from Gumrak airport (smaller airport in the encirclement)

2 = from Pitomnik airport (main airport in the enciclement)

a : plane : Junker 52

Sources :

Militair Archives Freiburg

Private Stalingrad archive of Geert Rottiers

Private Stalingrad archives of Jason Mark

The Ronald MacArthur Hirst papers

Manfred Kehrig - Analyse und Dokumentation einer Schlacht

Irina V,Bezborodova - Die Generale des zweiten weltkrieges in Sowjetischer Kriegsgefangenschaft