Flak-Division) was a Flak division of the German Luftwaffe in World War II which saw action on the Eastern Front.

It was staffed with the 30th and 59th Flak Regiments and initially intended to assist Operation Felix, the planned German attack through German-aligned Spain against Gibraltar.[1]: 153f.

[2] The 9th Flak Division participated in Case Blue, the German summer offensive of 1942 through Soviet Ukraine towards the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea.

However, before such readiness could be attained, the breakout was prohibited by the Wehrmacht Supreme Command, which was acting directly at the behest of Adolf Hitler.

[4]: 41  As a result, one of the primary tasks of 9th Flak Division personnel in Stalingrad was the loading and unloading of the German planes that arrived in the city as part of the airlift.

[4]: 48  It came to clashes of leadership between the staffs of the 9th Flak Division and the superior 6th Army, especially over the question whether Gumrak Airfield should be used for operations.

[4]: 48 Throughout the siege of Stalingrad, the anti-aircraft guns of the 9th Flak Division were vital support weapons against advancing Red Army forces.

[7]: 69 The encirclement of the 9th Flak Division at Stalingrad increased the importance of the 4th Anti-Aircraft Brigade of the Kingdom of Romania.

Wolfgang Pickert, who had been flown out of Stalingrad in late January, assumed command of the new 9th Flak Division.

[15]: 16 The second 9th Flak Division remained in Crimea, where it assisted the 17th Army, which was desperately low on armored vehicles, in ground-level anti-tank warfare.

This Kampfgruppe fought a delaying action against the 19th Tank Corps of the Red Army outside of Sevastopol for around 12 hours on 14 April 1944.

[1]: 154 Wolfgang Pickert, the commander of the 9th Flak Division at Stalingrad, left behind an account of his actions to the United States Air Force Historical Research Agency in Montgomery, Alabama.